Jeremiah 46:9

Translations

Modern

Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.

Traditional

Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.

Literal

Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots! And let come forth the mighty ones, Cush and Put handling the shield, and the Lydians handling and bending the bow.

Latin

Ascendite equos, et exsultate in curribus, et procedant fortes, Æthiopia et Libyes tenentes scutum, et Lydii arripientes et jacientes sagittas.

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English

Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.

Notes

Jeremiah 46:9–10

The Lord decided that Egypt would lose the battle, so allies would not help much. The Battle of Carchemish was crucial for Babylon's rise as the region's great empire.

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 27:10
Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.
Isaiah 66:19
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
Nahum 3:9
Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.
1 Chronicles 1:11
Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
Jeremiah 47:3
…at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.
Nahum 2:3–4
The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.
Genesis 10:6
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Jeremiah 30:5
Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard—a cry of terror, not of peace.
1 Corinthians 1:8
He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 2:10
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,
Genesis 10:13
Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,

People

Lud: Son of Shem; progenitor of the Lydians

Places

Cush: Ancient region in Africa; associated with Egypt and Babylon Libya: A country in North Africa

Glossary

Assyria, Assyrians Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person) Lud, Ludim, Ludites Lydia (Place) Nations Oholah and Oholibah Put (Place)

Topics

Africa Archery: Practiced by the Lydians Chariot for War Egypt: Prophecies Respecting: Armies Destroyed by Babylon Ethiopia: Warriors of Euphrates: Pharaoh-Necho, King of Egypt, Made Conquest To Libyans: The Inhabitants of Libya Ludim: Descendants of Ludim: Warriors Phut: The Descendants of Phut, or the Country Inhabited by Them: (Margin) The Bow used Expertly by Lydians War: Evils of

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