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Jeremiah 46:15
15Your brave soldiers will fall. They will lie flat on the ground. They cannot stand and fight because the Lord will knock them 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
13The Lord gave this message to the prophet Jeremiah about King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. He said that Nebuchadnezzar would come to attack Egypt. 14‘Shout this message everywhere in Egypt. Let people hear it in Migdol, Memphis and in Tahpanhes. “Get ready to fight against your enemies! They are already killing the people all around you.” Your brave soldiers will fall. They will lie flat on the ground. They cannot stand and fight because the Lord will knock them down. 16They will continue to fall over each other. They will say to each other, “Get up! We must return to our homes where our own people live. We must escape from our enemies, who want to kill us.” 17When they get back home, they will say, “The king of Egypt is only a loud noise. He could not win when he had the chance.” ’
Read all of Jeremiah 46Jeremiah 46:15 word by word
מַדּ֖וּעַ נִסְחַ֣ף אַבִּירֶ֑יךָ לֹ֣א עָמַ֔ד כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה הֲדָפֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:15
- Jeremiah 46:5The Lord says, ‘But I see this: The soldiers are afraid and they are running away! They cannot win the fight. Terror is everywhere around them. They do not turn to look behind them. They run away as fast as they can.
- Judges 5:20Even the stars fought against Sisera! They travelled across the sky to attack him.
- Isaiah 66:15Look! The Lord is coming with fire. His chariots will blow in like a strong storm. People will see his great anger, as he comes to punish his enemies with flames of fire.
- Exodus 6:1Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. I will use my great power to make him let my people go. With my strong power I will cause him to make them leave his land.’
- Deuteronomy 11:23If you do that, the Lord will chase out all those nations as you move into the land. They are greater and stronger than you are, but you will take the land from them.
- Psalms 18:14The Lord shot his arrows of lightning. He caused his enemies to run away.
- Psalms 44:2You used your power to chase away the other nations, so that our ancestors could live in their land. You punished those nations, and you helped our ancestors to be free.
- Psalms 68:2God, blow them away, as wind blows smoke away. Destroy those wicked people, as wax melts near a fire!
- Psalms 114:2Then Judah became God's special place for his people. There he ruled over Israel's people.
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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