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

10That day belongs to the Almighty Lord of Armies. It is a day of vengeance when he will take revenge on his enemies. His sword will devour until it has had enough, and it will drink their blood until it’s full. The Almighty Lord of Armies will offer them as sacrifices in the north by the Euphrates River. 11Go to Gilead, and get medicine, dear people of Egypt. You have used many medicines without results; you can’t be cured. The nations have heard of your shame; your cry fills the earth. One warrior will stumble over another, and both will fall together.” 13The Lord spoke this message to the prophet Jeremiah about the coming of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who will defeat Egypt. 14“Tell this in Egypt; announce this in Migdol. Make it known in Memphis and in Tahpanhes. Say, ‘Take your positions, and get ready. Swords will kill those around you.’

Jeremiah 46:12 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• The nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• have heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• of thy shameקָלוֹןqâlôn · dishonorH7036
• and thy cryצְוָחָהtsevâchâh · outcryH6682
• hath filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• for the mighty manגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• hath stumbledכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• they are fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• bothשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162

Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:12

• Ezekiel 32:9“ ‘I will make many people troubled when I spread the news of your destruction among the nations to countries that you haven’t heard of.
• Nahum 3:8Are you better than No-amon, which sits by the streams of the Nile with water surrounding her? The sea was ⌞her⌟ defense. The water was her wall.
• Jeremiah 14:2Judah mourns; its gates fall apart. The people of Judah sit in mourning on the ground. Their cry goes up from Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 48:34“The cry will be heard from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz. It will be heard from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. Even the streams of Nimrim will dry up.
• Jeremiah 49:21The earth will quake at the sound of their downfall. The sound of their crying will be heard at the Red Sea.
• Jeremiah 51:54Cries of agony are heard from Babylon. Sounds of terrible destruction are heard from the land of the Babylonians.
• 1 Samuel 5:12The people who didn’t die were struck with tumors. So the cry of the city went up to heaven.
• Isaiah 15:5My heart cries out for Moab. Its people flee as far as Zoar at Eglath Shelishiyah. They go up the mountain road to Luhith. They cry loudly over the destruction on the way to Horonaim.
• Zephaniah 1:10On that day a loud cry will come from Fish Gate, a howling from the Second Part of the city, and a loud crashing sound from the hills,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 46:6“The infantry can’t flee. The warriors can’t escape. They stumble and fall in the north by the Euphrates River.
• Isaiah 10:4Nothing’s left but to crouch among prisoners and to fall with those who are killed. Even after all this, his anger will not disappear, and he is still ready to use his power.
• Isaiah 19:2“I will turn one Egyptian against another. They will fight— brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor, 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