Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Ironical exhortation, as in Jeremiah 46:3. The Egyptians, owing to the heat of their climate and abstinence from animal food, were physically weak, and therefore employed mercenary soldiers.
Ethiopians—Hebrew, Cush: Abyssinia and Nubia.
Libyans—Phut, Mauritania, west of Egypt (compare Genesis 10:6).
shield—The Libyans borrowed from Egypt the use of the long shield extending to the feet [XENOPHON, Cyropædia, 6 and 7].
Lydians—not the Lydians west of Asia Minor (Genesis 10:22; Ezekiel 30:5), but the Ludim, an African nation descended from Egypt (Mizraim) (Genesis 10:13; Ezekiel 30:5; Nahum 3:9).
handle and bend the bow—The employment of two verbs expresses the manner of bending the bow, namely, the foot being pressed on the center, and the hands holding the ends of it.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 46:9:
Isaiah 66:19
Jeremiah 46:16
Jeremiah 46:21
Ezekiel 27:10
Ezekiel 30:5
Nahum 2:4
Nahum 3:9
Zephaniah 2:12
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