Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageThey marched over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's holy people and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GThey spread out over the breadth of the earth and encircled the encampment of the set-apart ones and the beloved city. But fire came down from the sky and consumed them.
KJV
King James VersionAnd they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleAnd they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
Footnotes
παρεμβολή (parembolē) is a technical military term for a camp or encampment — used throughout the LXX specifically of Israel's wilderness encampment arranged around the Tabernacle (e.g., Num 2), deliberately evoking the image of the saints as a holy army surrounding the divine presence; F.O.G renders "encampment" to preserve this martial-covenantal resonance, while F.O.G Message uses "camp" which retains sufficient weight. The "beloved city" (τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἠγαπημένην) employs the perfect passive participle of ἀγαπάω — covenant-love language — voicing YHWH's enduring affection for Yerushalayim/the New Jerusalem, evoking Psalm 87:2 ("YHWH loves the gates of Zion") in the midst of eschatological siege.
