Jeremiah 46:12

Jeremiah 46:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.
• New International Version (NIV)The nations will hear of your shame; your cries will fill the earth. One warrior will stumble over another; both will fall down together.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for warrior has stumbled against warrior; they have both fallen together."
• New King James Version (NKJV)The nations have heard of your shame, And your cry has filled the land; For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty; They both have fallen together.”

Context of Jeremiah 46:12

10For this is the day of the Lord Jehovah of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may be avenged of his adversaries; and the sword shall devour, and it shall be sated and made drunk with their blood; for the Lord Jehovah of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country, by the river Euphrates. 11Go up to Gilead, and fetch balm, O virgin-daughter of Egypt! In vain shalt thou multiply remedies: there is no healing for thee. The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the earth; for the mighty man stumbleth against the mighty, they are both fallen together. 13The word that Jehovah spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, concerning the coming of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt: 14Declare in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph, and in Tahpanhes; say, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword devoureth round about thee.

Jeremiah 46:12 word by word

שָׁמְע֤וּ גוֹיִם֙ קְלוֹנֵ֔ךְ וְצִוְחָתֵ֖ךְ מָלְאָ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי־גִבּ֤וֹר בְּגִבּוֹר֙ כָּשָׁ֔לוּ יַחְדָּ֖יו נָפְל֥וּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ פRead the interlinear

• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• shameקָלוֹןqâlôn · dishonorH7036
• filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162

Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:12

• Ezekiel 32:9And I will vex the heart of many peoples, when I bring [the news of] thy destruction among the nations, into the countries that thou hast not known.
• Nahum 3:8Art thou better than No-Amon, that was situate among the rivers, [that had] the waters round about her, whose rampart was the sea, [and] of the sea was her wall?
• Jeremiah 14:2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem goeth up.
• Jeremiah 48:34Because of the cry from Heshbon, unto Elaleh, unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar unto Horonaim, [unto] Eglath-shelishijah: for even the waters of Nimrim shall become desolations.
• Jeremiah 49:21The earth quaketh at the sound of their fall; there is a cry, the sound whereof is heard in the Red sea.
• Jeremiah 51:54The sound of a cry [cometh] from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans;
• 1 Samuel 5:12and the men that died not were smitten with the hemorrhoids; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
• Isaiah 15:5My heart crieth out for Moab; their fugitives [have fled] unto Zoar, unto Eglath-Sheli-shijah: for by the ascent of Luhith, with weeping they go up by it; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.
• Zephaniah 1:10And in that day, saith Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish-gate, and a howling from the second [quarter], and a great crashing from the hills.
• Jeremiah 46:6Let not the swift flee away, neither let the mighty man escape! — Toward the north, hard by the river Euphrates, they have stumbled and fallen.
• Isaiah 10:4They can but crouch under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
• Isaiah 19:2And I will incite the Egyptians against the Egyptians; and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 46:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The nations have heard of thy shame - Of thy disgrace, by this prodigious slaughter of thy troops.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The land - The earth; the world rings with the cry of grief. Against the mighty - Against the mighty man, i. e., one mighty man against another. The champions hired to fight Egypt‘s battle get in one another‘s way, and so are slaughtered together.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-12Jeremiah used the outcome of a battle known to Jehoiakim to warn him and the people of Jerusalem. He said Egypt could not protect them from Babylon. Pharaoh Neco believed it was the right time to become the main power in the ancient Near East, so he moved north in 609 BC. Neco spent several years helping parts of the Assyrian army try to stop the Babylonian army's westward advance. However, he was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River in 605 BC…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. mighty ... stumbled against ... mighty ... fallen both together--Their very multitude shall prove an impediment in their confused flight, one treading on the other.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 46:12

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In the dictionaries

• Harness
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)
• Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar

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