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Jeremiah 46:15
15Why have your strong ones been swept away? Each has not stood, for the Lord has thrust him down.
Jeremiah 46:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the Lord did drive them.
- New International Version (NIV)Why will your warriors be laid low? They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Why are your mighty ones face down? They do not stand because the Lord thrust them down.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Why are your valiant men swept away? They did not stand Because the Lord drove them away.
Context of Jeremiah 46:15
13This is the word the Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about the coming of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to defeat the land of Egypt: 14Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol! Proclaim it in Memphis and in Tahpanhes! Say, “Take positions! Prepare yourself, for the sword devours all around you.” Why have your strong ones been swept away? Each has not stood, for the Lord has thrust him down. 16He continues to stumble. Indeed, each falls over the other. They say, “Get up! Let’s return to our people and to our native land, away from the oppressor’s sword.” 17There they will cry out, “Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he let the opportune moment pass.”
Read all of Jeremiah 46Jeremiah 46:15 word by word
מַדּ֖וּעַ נִסְחַ֣ף אַבִּירֶ֑יךָ לֹ֣א עָמַ֔ד כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה הֲדָפֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:15
- Jeremiah 46:5Why have I seen this? They are terrified, they are retreating, their warriors are crushed, they flee headlong, they never look back, terror is on every side! This is the Lord’s declaration.
- Judges 5:20The stars fought from the heavens; the stars fought with Sisera from their paths.
- Isaiah 66:15Look, the Lord will come with fire — his chariots are like the whirlwind — to execute his anger with fury and his rebuke with flames of fire.
- Exodus 6:1But the Lord replied to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: because of a strong hand he will let them go, and because of a strong hand he will drive them from his land.”
- Deuteronomy 11:23the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will drive out nations greater and stronger than you are.
- Psalms 18:14He shot his arrows and scattered them; he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.
- Psalms 44:2In order to plant them, you displaced the nations by your hand; in order to settle them, you brought disaster on the peoples.
- Psalms 68:2As smoke is blown away, so you blow them away. As wax melts before the fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.
- Psalms 114:2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel, his dominion.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 46:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15They stood not, because the Lord did drive them - The Lord panic-struck them, and drove them back.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Translate it: “Why is thy mighty one cast down? He stood not, because Yahweh thrust him down.” The “mighty one” is explained by the Septuagint to be the bull Apis. Thus: (1) the chief deity of Egypt Jeremiah 46:15; (2) the army of mercenaries Jeremiah 46:16; (3) the king, Pharaoh Jeremiah 46:17, are the three upon whom the Egyptians trusted.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-28Verses 13-28 Those who encroached on others, shall now be themselves encroached on. Egypt is now like a very fair heifer, not accustomed to the yoke of subjection; but destruction comes out of the north: the Chaldeans shall come. Comfort and peace are spoken to the Israel of God, designed to encourage them when the judgments of God were abroad among the nations. He will be with them, and only correct them in measure; and will not punish them with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-17The Lord made the Egyptian soldiers afraid, and they could not stay organized as they fled from Carchemish through Canaan to their homes in Egypt. Back in Egypt, they strongly criticized Pharaoh Neco, calling him a loudmouth.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-2613-26. Prophecy of the invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place sixteen years after the taking of Jerusalem. Having spent thirteen years in the siege of Tyre, and having obtained nothing for his pains, he is promised by God Egypt for his reward in humbling Tyre (Eze 29:17-20; 30:1-31:18). The intestine commotions between Amasis and Pharaoh-hophra prepared his way (compare Note, see on Is 19:1, &c.).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 46
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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