Jeremiah 46:9

Jeremiah 46:9

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.’

9 Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots!
And let the mighty men come forth:
¹The Ethiopians and² the Libyans who handle the shield,
And the Lydians ^awho handle and bend the bow.

10 For this is ^athe day of the Lord God of hosts,
A day of vengeance,
That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.
^bThe sword shall devour;
It shall be¹ satiated and made drunk with their blood;
For the Lord God of hosts ^chas a sacrifice
In the north country by the River Euphrates.

11 “Go^a up to Gilead and take balm,
^bO virgin, the daughter of Egypt;
In vain you will use many medicines;
^cYou shall not be cured.

12 The nations have heard of your ^ashame,
And your cry has filled the land;
For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty;
They both have fallen together.”

Babylonia Will Strike Egypt

13 The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon would come and ^astrike the land of Egypt.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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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:**

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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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