Jeremiah 46:5

Jeremiah 46:5

3 “Order¹ the buckler and shield,
And draw near to battle!

4 Harness the horses,
And mount up, you horsemen!
Stand forth with your helmets,
Polish the spears,
^aPut on the armor!

5 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 ^afear was all around,” says the Lord.

6 “Do not let the swift flee away,
Nor the mighty man escape;
They will ^astumble and fall
Toward the north, by the River Euphrates.

7 “Who is this coming up ^alike a flood,
Whose waters move like the rivers?

8 Egypt rises up like a flood,
And its waters move like the rivers;
And he says, ‘I will go up and cover the earth,
I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.’

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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(See on Jeremiah 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.

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