Jeremiah 46:4

Jeremiah 46:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
• New International Version (NIV)Harness the horses, mount the steeds! Take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears, put on your armor!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Harness the horses; mount, O horsemen! Take your stations with your helmets, polish your spears, put on your armor!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Harness the horses, And mount up, you horsemen! Stand forth with your helmets, Polish the spears, Put on the armor!

Context of Jeremiah 46:4

2This is the message about Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and his army fought against the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt. Babylon's army won the battle against Egypt's army at Carchemish on the Euphrates river. That happened in the fourth year that Josiah's son Jehoiakim ruled Judah as king. 3‘Get ready to march to the battle! Pick up your shields and your weapons. Prepare your horses and sit on them. Put on your helmets and be ready to fight. Make your spears sharp. Put on your armour!’ 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. 6But none of them can run fast enough. Even the strongest soldiers cannot escape. In the north, beside the River Euphrates, they fall down to the ground.

Jeremiah 46:4 word by word

אִסְר֣וּ הַסּוּסִ֗ים וַֽעֲלוּ֙ הַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים וְהִֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ בְּכ֥וֹבָעִ֑ים מִרְקוּ֙ הָֽרְמָחִ֔ים לִבְשׁ֖וּ הַסִּרְיֹנֹֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Harnessאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• the horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• and get upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: copulateH5927
• ye horsemenפָּרָשׁpârâsh · horseH6571
• and stand forthיָצַבyâtsab · to standH3320
• helmetsכּוֹבַעkôba‛ · helmetH3553
• furbishמָרַקmâraq · to polishH4838
• the spearsרֹ֫מַחrômach · spearH7420
• put onלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847
• the brigandinesסִרְיֹןsiryôn · armorH5630

Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:4

• Ezekiel 21:9‘Son of man, speak my message to the people. Say, “This is what the Lord says: Look at my sword! It is sharp and it shines brightly.
• Jeremiah 51:3Do not give Babylon's soldiers time to pick up their weapons! Do not give them time to put on their armour! Kill all their young men. Completely destroy their whole army.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 46:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Furbish the spears - Cleanse, brighten, and sharpen them; from the Franco-Gallic fourbir, to polish, brighten. Brigandines - A coat of mail, especially that which was made scale fashion; one plate overlapping the other, like the scales of fish.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4From the infantry the prophet proceeds to the chariots, in which the Egyptians placed great confidence. Get up, ye horsemen - Or, “mount the steeds.” Furbish - i. e., polish, sharpen. Brigandines - In old times brigand meant a soldier, and we still call a division of an army a brigade, and a commander a brigadier, i. e., a brigandier, or captain of brigands. Similarly a brigandine means a soldier‘s equipment, and is put here for a coat of mail.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Leaders gave these military commands when soldiers were excited, well-armed, and ready to fight.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Harness the horses--namely, to the war chariots, for which Egypt was famed (Ex 14:7; 15:4). get up, ye horsemen--get up into the chariots. Maurer, because of the parallel "horses," translates, "Mount the steeds." But it is rather describing the successive steps in equipping the war chariots; first harness the horses to them, then let the horsemen mount them. brigandines--cuirasses, or coats of mail.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 46:4

• Armor
• Brigandine
• Euphrates
• Helmet
• Horse
• War

In the dictionaries

• Brigandine
• Coat of mail
• Harness
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Armor; Arms
• Army
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)
• Euphrates

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