Jeremiah 46:12

People in the other nations will hear how you were humiliated. People all over the earth will hear you wailing. Your mighty warriors will stumble over each other and they will all fall down together.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11You people [IDM] of Egypt, go up to the Gilead region to obtain medicine; but it will be useless to take all those medicines; you will not be healed.

13Then Yahweh gave me this message about King Nebuchadnezzar when he planned to attack Egypt with his army:

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Cross References

Isaiah 10:4You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or else your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.

Isaiah 19:2I will cause the people of Egypt to fight against each other: men will fight against their brothers, neighbors will fight against each other, people of one city will fight against the people of another city, people of one province will fight against the people of another province.

Jeremiah 46:6Even the fastest runners will try to run away, but even the greatest of their warriors will not escape. In the north, by the Euphrates River, they will stumble and fall.

Jeremiah 49:21When Edom is destroyed, the noise will be extremely great, with the result that the earth will shake, and the wailing of the people will be heard as far away as the Red Sea.

Ezekiel 32:9And when the people of many nations hear about your being destroyed, many of them will be afraid/worried— people living in countries that you have never known about.

Nahum 3:8Your city is certainly [RHQ] no safer than Thebes city was. Thebes was an important city beside the Nile River; the river was like [SIM] a wall that protected the city [DOU].

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 46:2-13

The Judgment of Egypt. ( b. c. 608.) 1 The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; 2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. 3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. 4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the… Read the whole commentary →

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