26 Surely, her young men will fall in the streets; all her soldiers will be silenced in that day," declares the Lord Almighty.
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord of hosts.
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day, declares the Lord of hosts.
26 Her bright young men dead in the streets, her brave warriors silent as death. On that day" - Decree of God-of-the-Angel-Armies -
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, And all the men of war shall be cut off in that day," says the Lord of hosts.
26 Her young men will fall in the streets and die. Her soldiers will all be killed," says the Lord of Heaven's Armies.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 49:26
Commentary on Jeremiah 49:23-27
(Read Jeremiah 49:23-27)
How easily God can dispirit those nations that have been most celebrated for valour! Damascus waxes feeble. It was a city of joy, having all the delights of the sons of men. But those deceive themselves who place their happiness in carnal joys.