Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 46:5
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.
Jeremiah 46:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)What do I see? They are terrified, they are retreating, their warriors are defeated. They flee in haste without looking back, and there is terror on every side,” declares the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward. Their warriors are beaten down and have fled in haste; they look not back— terror on every side! declares the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back? Their mighty ones are beaten down; They have speedily fled, And did not look back, For fear was all around,” says the Lord.
Context of Jeremiah 46:5
3“Arrange breastplate and shield! Advance to battle! 4Harness the horses and mount, O horsemen! Take your position, with helmets! Polish the spears! Put on armor! Why 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. 6“The swift cannot flee, nor the warrior escape. In the north by the river Euphrates They stumbled and fell. 7Who is this, rising like the Nile, like the rivers whose waters churn?
Read all of Jeremiah 46Jeremiah 46:5 word by word
מַדּ֣וּעַ רָאִ֗יתִי הֵ֣מָּה חַתִּים֮ נְסֹגִ֣ים אָחוֹר֒ וְגִבּוֹרֵיהֶ֣ם יֻכַּ֔תּוּ וּמָנ֥וֹס נָ֖סוּ וְלֹ֣א הִפְנ֑וּ מָג֥וֹר מִסָּבִ֖יב נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Wherefore have I seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- them dismayedחַתchath · shatteredH2844
- turnedסוּגsûg · to turnH5472
- away backאָחוֹר'âchôr 'âchôr · backH268
- and their mighty onesגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
- are beaten downכָּתַתkâthath · to crushH3807
- and are fledנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
- apaceמָנוֹסmânôs · refugeH4498
- and look not backפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
- fearמָגוֹרmâgôr mâgûr · terrorH4032
- round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · around: sideH5439
- saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:5
- Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the military commanders and the rich and the mighty and everyone—slave and free—hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
- Jeremiah 46:15Why are your strong ones swept away? They did not stand up, because Adonai thrust him down.
- Genesis 19:17When they brought them outside, one said, “Flee for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stop anywhere in the surrounding area! Escape to the hills, or else you’ll be swept away!”
- 2 Kings 7:6For Adonai had caused the army of the Arameans to hear a noise of chariots and a noise of horses—indeed a noise of a huge army. So they said one to another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians to assault us.”
- Nahum 2:8What was erected will be exiled and carried away. Her handmaids are lamenting like the sound of doves, beating their breasts.
- Jeremiah 6:25Don’t go out into the field or walk on the road. Since the enemy has a sword, there’s terror on every side!”
- Jeremiah 20:3The following morning, Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, “Adonai no longer calls your name Pashhur, but Magormissabib.
- Jeremiah 49:29They will take away their tents and their flocks. They will carry away their curtains, all their gear and their camels. They will cry out against them, ‘Terror on every side!’
- Isaiah 19:16In that day Egypt will be like women trembling with fear, because of the shaking hand of Adonai-Tzva’ot, which He is about to wave over it.
- Ezekiel 32:10I will make many people appalled at you. Their kings will be totally aghast at you when I brandish My sword over you. They will shudder every moment, every man for his own life, on the day of your downfall.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 46:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Wherefore have I seen them dismayed - What! such a numerous, formidable, and well-appointed army panic-struck? So that they have turned back - fled apace, and looked not round; while their mighty ones - their generals and commanders, striving to rally them, are beaten down.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Literally, “Why have I seen? They are terror-stricken! they are giving way back!” The Egyptian host feels that the battle is lost, and overborne by the enemy loses heart, and in despair, yet not without a struggle, gives way. It is remarkable, that while Jeremiah in his warning addressed to Jerusalem uses the most simple and unadorned prose, his language concerning the Gentile nations is, on the contrary, full of brilliant poetry. Look not back - turn not…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. 55. (See on Jr 46:3). The language of astonishment, that an army so well equipped should be driven back in "dismay." The prophet sees this in prophetic vision. fled apace--literally, "fled a flight," that is, flee precipitately. look not back--They do not even dare to look back at their pursuers.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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