Jeremiah 46:4

Translations

Modern

Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!

Traditional

Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

Literal

Harness the horses, and mount up O horsemen! And take your stand with helmets on; polish the spears, and put on the armor!

Latin

Jungite equos, et ascendite, equites: state in galeis, polite lanceas, induite vos loricis.

Original

Hebrew

English

Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!

Notes

Jeremiah 46:3–4

Leaders gave these military commands when soldiers were excited, well-armed, and ready to fight.

Jeremiah 46:2–12

Jeremiah used the outcome of a battle known to Jehoiakim to warn him and the people of Jerusalem. He said Egypt could not protect them from Babylon. Pharaoh Neco believed it was the right time to become the main power in the ancient Near East, so he moved north in 609 BC. Neco spent several years helping parts of the Assyrian army try to stop the Babylonian army's westward advance. However, he was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River in 605 BC. Soon after, the Babylonian army surrounded Jerusalem and forced Jehoiakim to become a Babylonian vassal.

Theme notes and profiles

Messages Against the Nations The Lord of Nations

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Ezekiel 21:9–11
“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—
Jeremiah 51:3
Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!
1 Samuel 17:38
Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.
Ezekiel 21:28
Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—
1 Samuel 17:5
…and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,
2 Chronicles 26:14
Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.
Nehemiah 4:16
And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah

Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Assyria, Assyrians Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person) Nations Oholah and Oholibah

Topics

Armor: The Equipment of a Soldier Brigandine: A Coat of Mail Egypt: Prophecies Respecting: Armies Destroyed by Babylon Euphrates: Pharaoh-Necho, King of Egypt, Made Conquest To Helmet: A Defensive Head-Gear Worn by Soldiers Horse: Harness For Horses Military Arms: Before Using: Burnished Military Arms: Defensive: Coat of Mail, Breastplate, Habergeon, or Brigandine Military Arms: Put on at the First Alarm Spear: Furbished Before War The Horse in Battle Protected by Armour War: Evils of

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