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Jeremiah 49:26-27

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49:26 For her young men will fall in her city squares.

All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time,”

says the Lord who rules over all. 1 

49:27 “I will set fire to the walls of Damascus;

it will burn up the palaces of Ben Hadad.” 2 

1 tn Heb “Oracle of Yahweh of armies.” For this title for God see the study note on 2:19.

2 sn Ben-Hadad was a common name borne by a number of the kings of Damascus, e.g., one during the time of Asa around 900 b.c. (cf. 1 Kgs 15:18-20), one a little later during the time of Omri and Ahab around 850 (1 Kgs 20), and one during the time of Jehoash about 800 (2 Kgs 13:24-25).



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