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Jeremiah 46:15
15Why are your strong ones swept away? They did not stand up, because Adonai thrust him down.
Jeremiah 46:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the Lord did drive them.
- New International Version (NIV)Why will your warriors be laid low? They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Why are your mighty ones face down? They do not stand because the Lord thrust them down.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Why are your valiant men swept away? They did not stand Because the Lord drove them away.
Context of Jeremiah 46:15
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. Why are your strong ones swept away? They did not stand up, because Adonai thrust him down. 16They keep stumbling, yes, falling over each other. Then they said: ‘Get up! Let’s return to our own people, to the land of our birth, away from the oppressor’s sword.’ 17They cried there: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise! He let the opportune time pass.’
Read all of Jeremiah 46Jeremiah 46:15 word by word
מַדּ֖וּעַ נִסְחַ֣ף אַבִּירֶ֑יךָ לֹ֣א עָמַ֔ד כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה הֲדָפֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:15
- Jeremiah 46:5Why have I seen them? They are shattered, retreating, their warriors beaten, fleeing for cover, no turning back, terror on every side!” It is a declaration of Adonai.
- Judges 5:20From heaven, the stars fought, in their courses they fought Sisera.
- Isaiah 66:15For behold, Adonai will come in fire, and His chariots like the whirlwind, to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire.
- Exodus 6:1Adonai said to Moses, “Now you will see what I am going to do to Pharaoh. By way of a strong hand he will let them go, and drive them out of his land.”
- Deuteronomy 11:23then Adonai will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.
- Psalms 18:14Adonai also thundered in the heavens, and Elyon gave forth His voice, hail and fiery coals.
- Psalms 44:2We have heard with our ears, O God —our fathers have told us— of a work You did in their days, in days of old.
- Psalms 68:2Let God arise! Let His enemies be scattered! Let those who hate Him flee before Him.
- Psalms 114:2Judah became His Sanctuary, Israel His dominion.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 46:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15They stood not, because the Lord did drive them - The Lord panic-struck them, and drove them back.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Translate it: “Why is thy mighty one cast down? He stood not, because Yahweh thrust him down.” The “mighty one” is explained by the Septuagint to be the bull Apis. Thus: (1) the chief deity of Egypt Jeremiah 46:15; (2) the army of mercenaries Jeremiah 46:16; (3) the king, Pharaoh Jeremiah 46:17, are the three upon whom the Egyptians trusted.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-28Verses 13-28 Those who encroached on others, shall now be themselves encroached on. Egypt is now like a very fair heifer, not accustomed to the yoke of subjection; but destruction comes out of the north: the Chaldeans shall come. Comfort and peace are spoken to the Israel of God, designed to encourage them when the judgments of God were abroad among the nations. He will be with them, and only correct them in measure; and will not punish them with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-17The Lord made the Egyptian soldiers afraid, and they could not stay organized as they fled from Carchemish through Canaan to their homes in Egypt. Back in Egypt, they strongly criticized Pharaoh Neco, calling him a loudmouth.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-2613-26. Prophecy of the invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place sixteen years after the taking of Jerusalem. Having spent thirteen years in the siege of Tyre, and having obtained nothing for his pains, he is promised by God Egypt for his reward in humbling Tyre (Eze 29:17-20; 30:1-31:18). The intestine commotions between Amasis and Pharaoh-hophra prepared his way (compare Note, see on Is 19:1, &c.).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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