3:25 Your 1 men will fall by the sword,
your strong men will die in battle. 2
13:15 Everyone who is caught will be stabbed;
everyone who is seized 3 will die 4 by the sword.
1 tn The pronoun is feminine singular, suggesting personified Zion, as representative of its women, is the addressee. The reference to “her gates’ in v. 26 makes this identification almost certain.
2 tn Heb “your strength in battle.” The verb in the first clause provides the verbal idea for the second clause.
3 tn Heb “carried off,” i.e., grabbed from the fleeing crowd. See HALOT 764 s.v. ספה.
4 tn Heb “will fall” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NLT “will be run through with a sword.”