New King James Version
Jeremiah 46:9
9Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots! And let the mighty men come forth: The Ethiopians and the Libyans who handle the shield, And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.
Jeremiah 46:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
- New International Version (NIV)Charge, you horses! Drive furiously, you charioteers! March on, you warriors—men of Cush and Put who carry shields, men of Lydia who draw the bow.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Advance, O horses, and rage, O chariots! Let the warriors go out: men of Cush and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Charge, you horses and chariots; attack, you mighty warriors of Egypt! Come, all you allies from Ethiopia, Libya, and Lydia who are skilled with the shield and bow!
Context of Jeremiah 46:9
7“Who is this coming up like a flood, Whose waters move like the rivers? 8Egypt rises up like a flood, And its waters move like the rivers; And he says, ‘I will go up and cover the earth, I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.’ Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots! And let the mighty men come forth: The Ethiopians and the Libyans who handle the shield, And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow. 10For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, A day of vengeance, That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. The sword shall devour; It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood; For the Lord God of hosts has a sacrifice In the north country by the River Euphrates. 11“Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt; In vain you will use many medicines; You shall not be cured.
Read all of Jeremiah 46Jeremiah 46:9 word by word
עֲל֤וּ הַסּוּסִים֙ וְהִתְהֹלְל֣וּ הָרֶ֔כֶב וְיֵצְא֖וּ הַגִּבּוֹרִ֑ים כּ֤וּשׁ וּפוּט֙ תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י מָגֵ֔ן וְלוּדִ֕ים תֹּפְשֵׂ֖י דֹּ֥רְכֵי קָֽשֶׁת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- ye horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
- and rageהָלַלhâlal · to boast: rave madlyH1984
- ye chariotsרֶ֫כֶבrekeb · chariotH7393
- and let the mighty menגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
- come forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- the Ethiopiansכּוּשׁkûsh · CushH3568
- and the Libyansפּוּטpûţ · PutH6316
- that handleתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
- the shieldמָגֵןmâgên meginnâh · shieldH4043
- and the Lydiansלוּדִיlûdîy lûdîyîy · LydianH3866
- bendדָּרַךְdârak · to treadH1869
- the bowקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:9
- Nahum 2:3The shields of his mighty men are made red, The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots come with flaming torches In the day of his preparation, And the spears are brandished.
- Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- 1 Corinthians 1:8who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Ezekiel 27:10“Those from Persia, Lydia, and Libya Were in your army as men of war; They hung shield and helmet in you; They gave splendor to you.
- Nahum 3:9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, And it was boundless; Put and Lubim were your helpers.
- Acts 2:10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
- Genesis 10:13Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
- 1 Chronicles 1:11Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
- Isaiah 66:19I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles.
- Jeremiah 30:5“For thus says the Lord: ‘We have heard a voice of trembling, Of fear, and not of peace.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 46:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The Ethiopians - Hebrews Cush, Phut, and the Ludim. This army was composed of many nations. Cush. which we translate Ethiopians, almost invariably means the Arabians; and here, those Arabs that bordered on Egypt near the Red Sea. Phut probably means the Libyans; for Phut settled in Libya, according to Josephus. Phut and Cush were two of the sons of Ham, and brothers to Mitsraim, the father of the Egyptians, Genesis 10:6; and the Ludim were descended from…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Rather, Go up, advance, ye horses; and drive furiously, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth. They march out of Egypt, arranged in three divisions, cavalry, chariots, and infantry, to begin the campaign. The armies of Egypt were composed chiefly of mercenaries. Cush (see the margin), the Nubian negro, and Phut, the Libyans of Mauritania, supplied the heavy-armed soldiers Jeremiah 46:3; and Ludim, the Hamite Lydians of North Africa (see Genesis…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The Lord decided that Egypt would lose the battle, so allies would not help much. The Battle of Carchemish was crucial for Babylon's rise as the region's great empire.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Ironical exhortation, as in Jr 46:3. The Egyptians, owing to the heat of their climate and abstinence from animal food, were physically weak, and therefore employed mercenary soldiers. Ethiopians--Hebrew, Cush: Abyssinia and Nubia. Libyans--Phut, Mauritania, west of Egypt (compare Ge 10:6). shield--The Libyans borrowed from Egypt the use of the long shield extending to the feet [Xenophon, Cyropædia, 6 and 7]. Lydians--not the Lydians west of Asia Minor…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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