Jeremiah 46 · Verse 15

Jeremiah 46:15

Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the Lord did drive them.
Jeremiah 46:15, King James Version

Jeremiah 46:15 in other translations

BSBWhy have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.
WEBWhy are your strong ones swept away? They didn’t stand, because the LORD pushed them.
ASVWhy are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because Jehovah did drive them.
YLTWherefore hath thy bull been swept away? He hath not stood, because Jehovah thrust him away.
DARBYWhy are thy valiants swept away? They stood not, for Jehovah did thrust them down.
BBEWhy has Apis, your strong one, gone in flight? he was not able to keep his place, because the Lord was forcing him down with strength.
WebsterWhy are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.

What does Jeremiah 46:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 46:13-26

13-26. Prophecy of the invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place sixteen years after the taking of Jerusalem. Having spent thirteen years in the siege of Tyre, and having obtained nothing for his pains, he is promised by God Egypt for his reward in humbling Tyre (Eze 29:17-20; 30:1-31:18). The intestine commotions between Amasis and Pharaoh-hophra prepared his way (compare Note, see on Is 19:1, &c.).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 They stood not, because the Lord did drive them - The Lord panic-struck them, and drove them back.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 46:13-28

Those who encroached on others, shall now be themselves encroached on. Egypt is now like a very fair heifer, not accustomed to the yoke of subjection; but destruction comes out of the north: the Chaldeans shall come. Comfort and peace are spoken to the Israel of God, designed to encourage them when the judgments of God were abroad among the nations. He will be with them, and only correct them in measure; and will…

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Jeremiah 46:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מַדּ֖וּעַma.Du.a'why?H4069
נִסְחַ֣ףnis.Chafwill he be prostratedH5502
אַבִּירֶ֑יךָ'a.bi.Rei.khamighty [ones] yourH47
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
עָמַ֔ד'a.Madhe will standH5975
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
הֲדָפֽוֹ\׃ha.da.Fohe will push himH1920

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 46:15

  • Psalms 68:2

    As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

  • Isaiah 66:15-16

    For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

  • Jeremiah 46:5

    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.

  • Psalms 18:14

    Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

  • Psalms 18:39

    For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

  • Psalms 114:2-7

    Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? …

  • Jeremiah 46:21

    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.

  • Judges 5:20-21

    They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

  • Exodus 6:1

    Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.

  • Deuteronomy 11:23

    Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

  • Psalms 44:2

    How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thy.
5,21; Jud 5:20,21; Isa 66:15,16
the Lord.
Ex 6:1; De 11:23; Ps 18:14,39; 44:2; 68:2; 114:2-7

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Context

  • Jeremiah 46:14

    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.

  • Jeremiah 46:15

    Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the Lord did drive them.

  • Jeremiah 46:16

    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.

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Jeremiah 46:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Por qué ha sido derribado tu fuerte? no se pudo tener, porque Jehová lo rempujó.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Pourquoi tes hommes forts ont-ils été emportés? Ils n’ont pas tenu ferme, car l’ Éternel les a renversés.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Warum sind deine Starken niedergeworfen? Keiner hielt stand, denn Jehova hat sie niedergestoßen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quare computruit fortis tuus? non stetit, quoniam Dominus subvertit eum.