Yeremia 6:23
Jeremiah 6:23 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Wamejifunga pinde na mkuki, ni wakatili na hawana huruma. Wanatoa sauti kama bahari inayonguruma wanapoendesha farasi zao. Wanakuja kama watu waliojipanga tayari kwa vita ili kukushambulia, ee Binti Sayuni.”
Jeremiah 6:23 in English
Jeremiah 6:23 · Berean Standard Bible
They grasp the bow and spear;* they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”
Context
21Kwa hiyo hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana:
“Nitaweka vikwazo mbele ya watu hawa.
Baba na wana wao watajikwaa juu yake,
majirani na marafiki wataangamia.” 22Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana:
“Tazama, jeshi linakuja
kutoka nchi ya kaskazini,
taifa kubwa linaamshwa
kutoka miisho ya dunia. 23Wamejifunga pinde na mkuki,
ni wakatili na hawana huruma.
Wanatoa sauti kama bahari inayonguruma
wanapoendesha farasi zao.
Wanakuja kama watu waliojipanga tayari kwa vita
ili kukushambulia, ee Binti Sayuni.” 24Tumesikia taarifa zao,
nayo mikono yetu imelegea.
Uchungu umetushika,
maumivu kama ya mwanamke katika utungu wa kuzaa. 25Usitoke kwenda mashambani
au kutembea barabarani,
kwa kuwa adui ana upanga,
na kuna vitisho kila upande.
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