20 “They shall fall in the midst of those slain by the sword; She is delivered to the sword, aDrawing her and all her multitudes.
21aThe strong among the mighty Shall speak to him out of the midst of hell With those who help him: ‘They have bgone down, They lie with the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’
22 “Assyriaais there, and all her company, With their graves all around her, All of them slain, fallen by the sword.
23aHer graves are set in the recesses of the Pit, And her company is all around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who bcaused terror in the land of the living.
24 “There isaElam and all her multitude, All around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who have bgone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, cWho caused their terror in the land of the living; Now they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.
25 They have set her abed in the midst of the slain, With all her multitude, With her graves all around it, All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; Though their terror was caused In the land of the living, Yet they bear their shame With those who go down to the Pit; It was put in the midst of the slain.
In Jer. 25 there is an enumeration of nations destined to be subject to the fury of the Chaldaeans. Here we find those of them who had already fallen not named by Jeremiah. Asshur is the king of Assyria, representing as usual the whole nation. The king is surrounded by the graves of his people.
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