# Jeremiah 46 ## Jeremiah 46:1 - [KJV] The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; - [ASV] The word of Jehovah which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations. - [YLT] That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations, ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:1 - ## Jeremiah 46:2 - [KJV] Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho 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. - [ASV] Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-neco 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. - [YLT] For Egypt, concerning the force of Pharaoh-Necho king of Egypt, that hath been by the river Phrat, in Carchemish, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath smitten, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:2 - ## Jeremiah 46:3 - [KJV] Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. - [ASV] Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. - [YLT] 'Set ye in array shield and buckler, And draw nigh to battle. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:3 - ## Jeremiah 46:4 - [KJV] Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with *your* helmets; furbish the spears, *and* put on the brigandines. - [ASV] Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail. - [YLT] Gird the horses, and go up, ye horsemen, And station yourselves with helmets, Polish the javelins, put on the coats of mail. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:4 - ## Jeremiah 46:5 - [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. - [ASV] Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah. - [YLT] Wherefore have I seen them dismayed -- They are turned backward, And their mighty ones are beaten down, And *to* a refuge they have fled, and not turned the face? Fear *is* round about -- an affirmation of Jehovah. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:5 - ## Jeremiah 46:6 - [KJV] Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. - [ASV] Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen. - [YLT] The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:6 - ## Jeremiah 46:7 - [KJV] Who *is* this *that* cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? - [ASV] Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers? - [YLT] Who is this? as a flood he cometh up, As rivers do his waters shake themselves! ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:7 - ## Jeremiah 46:8 - [KJV] Egypt 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 the inhabitants thereof. - [ASV] Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof. - [YLT] Egypt, as a flood cometh up, And as rivers the waters shake themselves. And he saith, I go up; I cover the land, I destroy the city and the inhabitants in it. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:8 - ## Jeremiah 46:9 - [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. - [ASV] Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow. - [YLT] Go up, ye horses; and boast yourselves, ye chariots, And go forth, ye mighty, Cush and Phut handling the shield, And Lud handling -- treading the bow. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:9 - ## Jeremiah 46:10 - [KJV] For 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 satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. - [ASV] For that day is *a day* of the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. - [YLT] And that day *is* to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts A day of vengeance, To be avenged of His adversaries, And the sword hath devoured, and been satisfied, And it hath been watered from their blood, For a sacrifice *is* to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, In the land of the north, by the river Phrat. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:10 - ## Jeremiah 46:11 - [KJV] Go 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. - [ASV] Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no healing for thee. - [YLT] Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt, In vain thou hast multiplied medicines, Healing there is none for thee. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:11 - ## Jeremiah 46:12 - [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. - [ASV] The nations have heard of thy shame, and the earth is full of thy cry; for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together. - [YLT] Nations have heard of thy shame, And thy cry hath filled the land, For the mighty on the mighty did stumble, Together they have fallen -- both of them!' ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:12 - ## Jeremiah 46:13 - [KJV] The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come *and* smite the land of Egypt. - [ASV] The word that Jehovah spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt. - [YLT] The word that Jehovah hath spoken unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning the coming in of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, to smite the land of Egypt: ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:13 - ## Jeremiah 46:14 - [KJV] Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee. - [ASV] Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand forth, and prepare thee; for the sword hath devoured round about thee. - [YLT] 'Declare ye in Egypt, and sound in Migdol, Yea, sound in Noph, and in Tahpanhes say: Station thyself, yea, prepare for thee, For a sword hath devoured around thee, ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:14 - ## Jeremiah 46:15 - [KJV] Why are thy valiant *men* swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them. - [ASV] Why are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because Jehovah did drive them. - [YLT] Wherefore hath thy bull been swept away? He hath not stood, because Jehovah thrust him away. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:15 - ## Jeremiah 46:16 - [KJV] He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. - [ASV] He made many to stumble, yea, they fell one upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. - [YLT] He hath multiplied the stumbling, Yea one hath fallen upon his neighbour, And they say: Rise, and we turn back to our people, And unto the land of our birth, Because of the oppressing sword. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:16 - ## Jeremiah 46:17 - [KJV] They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt *is but* a noise; he hath passed the time appointed. - [ASV] They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by. - [YLT] They have cried there: Pharaoh king of Egypt *is* a desolation, Passed by hath the appointed time. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:17 - ## Jeremiah 46:18 - [KJV] *As* I live, saith the King, whose name *is* the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor *is* among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, *so* shall he come. - [ASV] As I live, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come. - [YLT] I live -- an affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts *is* His name, Surely as Tabor *is* among mountains, And as Carmel by the sea -- he cometh in, ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:18 - ## Jeremiah 46:19 - [KJV] O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. - [ASV] O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant. - [YLT] Goods for removal make for thee, O inhabitant, daughter of Egypt, For Noph becometh a desolation, And hath been burnt up, without inhabitant. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:19 - ## Jeremiah 46:20 - [KJV] Egypt *is like* a very fair heifer, *but* destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north. - [ASV] Egypt is a very fair heifer; *but* destruction out of the north is come, it is come. - [YLT] A heifer very fair *is* Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:20 - ## Jeremiah 46:21 - [KJV] Also her hired men *are* in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, *and* are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, *and* the time of their visitation. - [ASV] Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand: for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation. - [YLT] Even her hired ones in her midst *are* as calves of the stall, For even they have turned, They have fled together, they have not stood, For the day of their calamity hath come on them, The time of their inspection. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:21 - ## Jeremiah 46:22 - [KJV] The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. - [ASV] The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. - [YLT] Its voice as a serpent goeth on, For with a force they go, And with axes they have come in to her, As hewers of trees. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:22 - ## Jeremiah 46:23 - [KJV] They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and *are* innumerable. - [ASV] They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable. - [YLT] They have cut down her forest, An affirmation of Jehovah -- for it is not searched, For they have been more than the grasshopper, And they have no numbering. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:23 - ## Jeremiah 46:24 - [KJV] The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. - [ASV] The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. - [YLT] Ashamed hath been the daughter of Egypt, She hath been given into the hand of the people of the north. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:24 - ## Jeremiah 46:25 - [KJV] The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and *all* them that trust in him: - [ASV] Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and them that trust in him: - [YLT] Said hath Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am seeing after Amon of No, And after Pharaoh, and after Egypt, And after her gods, and after her kings, And after Pharaoh, and after those trusting in him, ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:25 - ## Jeremiah 46:26 - [KJV] And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD. - [ASV] and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith Jehovah. - [YLT] And I have given them into the hand of those seeking their life, And into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of his servants, And afterwards it is inhabited, As *in* days of old -- an affirmation of Jehovah. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:26 - ## Jeremiah 46:27 - [KJV] But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make *him* afraid. - [ASV] But fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. - [YLT] And thou, thou dost not fear, my servant Jacob, Nor *art* thou dismayed, O Israel, For lo, I am saving thee from afar, And thy seed from the land of their captivity, And Jacob hath turned back, And hath been at rest, and been at ease, And there is none disturbing. ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:27 - ## Jeremiah 46:28 - [KJV] Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I *am* with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. - [ASV] Fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; for I am with thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee; but I will not make a full end of thee, but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished. - [YLT] Thou, thou dost not fear, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah -- for with thee I *am*, For I make an end of all the nations Whither I have driven thee, And of thee I do not make an end, And I have reproved thee in judgment, And do not entirely acquit thee!' ### Notes on Jeremiah 46:28 -