Isaiah 3:25
New International Version
Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle.

New Living Translation
The men of the city will be killed with the sword, and her warriors will die in battle.

English Standard Version
Your men shall fall by the sword and your mighty men in battle.

Berean Standard Bible
Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.

King James Bible
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

New King James Version
Your men shall fall by the sword, And your mighty in the war.

New American Standard Bible
Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty ones in battle.

NASB 1995
Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty ones in battle.

NASB 1977
Your men will fall by the sword, And your mighty ones in battle.

Legacy Standard Bible
Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty ones in battle.

Amplified Bible
Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty men in battle.

Christian Standard Bible
Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle.

American Standard Version
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

Contemporary English Version
The fighting men of Jerusalem will be killed in battle.

English Revised Version
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Women,] your warriors will die in combat. Your mighty men will die in battle.

Good News Translation
The men of the city, yes, even the strongest men, will be killed in war.

International Standard Version
Your men will die violently, while your forces fall in battle

Majority Standard Bible
Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.

NET Bible
Your men will fall by the sword, your strong men will die in battle.

New Heart English Bible
Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

World English Bible
Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For instead of glory, your men fall by sword, "" And your might in battle.

Young's Literal Translation
For instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall, And thy might in battle.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy strength in the war.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy fairest men also shall fall by the sword, and thy valiant ones in battle.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Likewise, your most handsome men will fall by the sword, and your strong men will fall in battle.

New American Bible
Your men will fall by the sword, and your champions, in war;

New Revised Standard Version
Your men shall fall by the sword and your warriors in battle.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Your mighty men shall fall by the sword, and your valiant men in the battle.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And by the sword your strong ones shall fall, and your mighty ones in war
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thy men shall fall by the sword, And thy mighty in the war.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thy most beautiful son whom thou lovest shall fall by the sword; and your mighty men shall fall by the sword, and shall be brought low.

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Context
A Warning to Jerusalem
24Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame. 25Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle. 26And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.…

Cross References
Lamentations 2:21
Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.

Jeremiah 15:8
I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.

Ezekiel 24:25-27
And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well, / on that day a fugitive will come and tell you the news. / On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

Amos 4:10
“I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

Hosea 13:16
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

2 Samuel 1:25
How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

Jeremiah 6:11-12
But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike. / Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 11:6-7
You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead. / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.

Micah 1:16
Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.

Zechariah 11:6
For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”

Matthew 24:19-21
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! / Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath. / For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

Luke 21:23-24
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people. / They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Revelation 6:4
Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.

Revelation 19:18
so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”

Matthew 22:7
The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.


Treasury of Scripture

Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.

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2 Chronicles 29:9
For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

Jeremiah 11:22
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:

Jeremiah 14:18
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

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10. The different rewards of the righteous and wicked
12. The oppression and covetousness of the rulers
16. The judgments which shall be for the pride of the women
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Your men will fall by the sword
This phrase begins with a direct and somber prophecy. The Hebrew word for "men" here is "גִּבּוֹרֶיךָ" (gibboreikha), which often refers to mighty men or warriors. This indicates that those who are considered strong and capable will face defeat. The "sword" symbolizes warfare and violence, a common theme in the prophetic books where God uses foreign nations as instruments of judgment against Israel. Historically, this reflects the period of Assyrian and Babylonian invasions, where many of Israel's warriors were indeed slain. Theologically, it serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God’s commandments and the protection that comes from obedience.

and your mighty men in battle
The phrase "mighty men" is translated from the Hebrew "גְּבוּרָה" (geburah), which denotes strength and valor. These are the elite forces, the defenders of the nation, who are expected to protect and uphold the security of the people. The context of "in battle" underscores the inevitability of conflict and the futility of relying solely on human strength without divine support. This serves as a poignant reminder of the limitations of human power and the need for reliance on God. Historically, this reflects the tragic losses Israel faced during invasions, where even the strongest were not spared. Spiritually, it calls believers to trust in God’s strength rather than their own, emphasizing the biblical principle that victory comes from the Lord.

(25-26) Thy men . . .(26) her gates . . .--The feminine pronoun in both verses points to the daughter of Zion as representing her many daughters. As in Lamentations 1:1, and as in the JUD'A CAPTA medals that commemorated the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, she is represented as sitting on the ground desolate and afflicted.

Verse 25. - Thy men; rather, thy people; i.e. the inhabitants of Jerusalem generally. Note here the first distinct statement that the coming visitation will be one of war.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Your men
מְתַ֖יִךְ (mə·ṯa·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 4962: An adult, a man

will fall
יִפֹּ֑לוּ (yip·pō·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

by the sword,
בַּחֶ֣רֶב (ba·ḥe·reḇ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

and your warriors
וּגְבוּרָתֵ֖ךְ (ū·ḡə·ḇū·rā·ṯêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1369: Force, valor, victory

in battle.
בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ (bam·mil·ḥā·māh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4421: A battle, war


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