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

10For that day belongs to my Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot, as a day of vengeance, to avenge Himself against His foes. The sword will devour and be satisfied and will drink its fill of their blood. For it will be a sacrifice for my Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot, in the northern land by the river Euphrates. 11Go up into Gilead and get balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt. In vain you use many medicines— there is no cure for you. Nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth. For warrior stumbles over warrior— both fall down together.” 13The word that Adonai spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt: 14“Declare it in Egypt, proclaim in Migdol, and announce in Noph and Tahpanhes. Say: ‘Stand up and get ready! For the sword has devoured all 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 disturb the hearts of many peoples when I bring about your destruction among the nations, into lands you have not known.
• Nahum 3:8Are you better than No-amon, situated among channels of the Nile, water surrounding her, whose fortress and wall was water ?
• Jeremiah 14:2Judah will mourn, and her gates languish. They will bow in black to the ground And Jerusalem’s wail will go up.
• Jeremiah 48:34“From the outcry of Heshbon to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they will raise their voice—from Zoar to Horonaim and a 3-year old heifer—for the Waters of Nimrim also will be waste.
• Jeremiah 49:21The earth will tremble at the noise of their downfall. The sound of their outcry will be heard at the Sea of Reeds.
• Jeremiah 51:54The sound of an outcry from Babylon! Great ruin from the land of Chaldea!
• 1 Samuel 5:12The people who did not die were afflicted with tumors, so that the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
• Isaiah 15:5My heart cries out for Moab. Her fugitives are as far as Zoar as a three year old heifer, for by the ascent of Luhith they go up with weeping, for on the way of Horonaim they raise a cry of distress.
• Zephaniah 1:10In that day—declares Adonai— there will be the sound of screaming from the Fish Gate, wailing from the second district and a loud crash from the heights.
• Jeremiah 46:6“The swift cannot flee, nor the warrior escape. In the north by the river Euphrates They stumbled and fell.
• Isaiah 10:4One can only crouch among the captives or collapse among the slain. For all this His anger is not turned away, yet His hand is still outstretched.
• Isaiah 19:2I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian. Everyone will fight against his brother, and everyone against his 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

• War

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