Jeremiah 46:9

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 King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Jeremiah 46:9

7Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? 8Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and its inhabitants. Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Cushites and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. 10For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satisfied and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. 11Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

Jeremiah 46:9 word by word

עֲל֤וּ הַסּוּסִים֙ וְהִתְהֹלְל֣וּ הָרֶ֔כֶב וְיֵצְא֖וּ הַגִּבּוֹרִ֑ים כּ֤וּשׁ וּפוּט֙ תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י מָגֵ֔ן וְלוּדִ֕ים תֹּפְשֵׂ֖י דֹּ֥רְכֵי קָֽשֶׁת׃Read the interlinear

• upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• rageהָלַלhâlal · to boast: rave madlyH1984
• chariotsרֶ֫כֶבrekeb · chariotH7393
• menגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• Cushitesכּוּשׁkûsh · CushH3568
• Libyansפּוּטpûţ · PutH6316
• handleתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• shieldמָגֵןmâgên meginnâh · shieldH4043
• Lydiansלוּדִיlûdîy lûdîyîy · LydianH3866
• bendדָּרַךְdârak · to treadH1869
• bowקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198

Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:9

• Nahum 2:3The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
• Genesis 10:6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
• 1 Corinthians 1:8Who shall also confirm you to the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Ezekiel 27:10They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thy army, thy men of war: they hung the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
• Nahum 3:9Cush and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
• Acts 2:10Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
• Genesis 10:13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
• 1 Chronicles 1:11And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
• Isaiah 66:19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
• Jeremiah 30:5For thus saith 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

Topics related to Jeremiah 46:9

• Archery
• Chariot
• Ethiopia
• Euphrates
• Libyans
• Ludim
• Phut
• War

In the dictionaries

• Bow
• Cush
• Harness
• Lud
• Ludim
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Phut
• Pul
• Put, Phut
• Cush (1)

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