Men. Soldiers formed one of the principal classes among the Egyptians. (Herodotus ii. 164.) --- Ethiopians. Hebrew, "Cush," in Lower Egypt, on the Red Sea. --- Lybians. Hebrew, "Phut, another son of Cham, inhabiting the Nome Phtenethu," Ezechiel xxx. 5., and Nahum iii. 2. --- Lydians. Their situation is not known.
Verse Jeremiah 46:9. _THE ETHIOPIANS_] Heb. _Cush, Phut_, and the _Ludim_. This army was composed of many nations. _Cush_, which we translate _Ethiopians_, almost invariably means the _Arabians_; and...
Rather, Go up, advance, ye horses; and drive furiously, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth. They march out of Egypt, arranged in three divisions, cavalry, chariots, and infantry, to begin th...
IV. THE PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE GENTILE NATIONS CHAPTER 46 Concerning Egypt _ 1. Prophecy about Pharaoh-Necho (Jeremiah 46:1) _ 2. Nebuchadnezzar's invasion of Egypt (Jeremiah 46:13) 3. A messa...
JEREMIAH 46-51. THE FOREIGN PROPHECIES. These form the third principal division of the Book of Jeremiah. As already seen (Jeremiah 1:5; Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 25:15), Jeremiah's prophetic horizon nat...
COME UP, &C. Figure of speech _Eironeia._ Compare Jeremiah 46:11. THE ETHIOPIANS. Cush. Mercenaries, forming the chief part of the Egyptian forces. THE LIBYANS. Hebrew Phut. Compare Ezekiel 27:10;...
Probably a continuation of Pharaoh's appeal to his warriors, as put into his mouth by Jeremiah. _Go up_ The summons is to cavalry, chariots, and infantry that they should set forth from Egypt. _Cush...
Co. declines to accept objections which have been brought by some recent commentators to the substantial genuineness of these _vv_., and Gi. on the whole agrees, but considers the passage to have been...
Oracles against foreign nations Many recent commentators, in particular Schwally (Stade's _Zeitschrift für Alttestamentl. Wissenschaft_for 1888), maintain that the whole or a considerable part of the...
B. The Second Picture of Egyptian Defeat Jeremiah 46:7-12 TRANSLATION (7) Who is this that goes up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the river? (8) Egypt goes up like the Nile and his...
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. COME UP, YE HORS...
46:9 Phut (b-19) Ethiopia and Libya. Ludim (c-26) Lydians of Africa....
AGAINST EGYPT 1. Against the Gentiles] RV 'concerning the nations 'around....
THE ETHIOPIANS, etc.] mercenary troops forming the chief part of the Egyptian armies....
THE ETHIOPIANS AND THE LIBYANS. — In the Hebrew, _Cush_ and _Put._ The verse describes the prominent elements in the composition of the Egyptian army. The “chariots and horses” had long been proverbia...
עֲל֤וּ הַ סּוּסִים֙ וְ הִתְהֹלְל֣וּ הָ רֶ֔כֶב
CHAPTER XVII EGYPT Jeremiah 43:8, Jeremiah 44:30, Jeremiah 46:1 "I will visit Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods and their kings: even Pharaoh and all them that trust in him....
The third and last section of the division containing the account of the prophet's ministry is occupied with his messages concerning the nations. The first of these has to do with Egypt, and consists...
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; (g) the Cushites and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle [and] bend the bow. (g) For these...
At this Chapter begins the judgments of God against the enemies of Israel. The Lord hath had a long controversy with his people; but now in the midst of it, he will reckon with their foes. And first f...
He goes on with the same subject, and enumerates whatever might discredit his prophecy. For when the faithful saw that the Egyptians went on that expedition not only with immense forces, but had also,...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51. Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies against t...
COME UP, YE HORSES; AND RAGE, YE CHARIOTS,.... These are either the words of Pharaoh, giving orders to his cavalry and charioteers to make haste and come up to battle, not doubting of victory: or rath...
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. Ver. 9. _Come up...
_Who is this that cometh up as a flood_ Here the king of Egypt is compared to a mighty river, the Nile, or the Euphrates, when it swells above its banks, and threatens to overwhelm the country with ru...
Come up, ye horses, rearing back with impatience; AND RAGE, YE CHARIOTS, as in uncontrollable anger, AND LET THE MIGHTY MEN COME FORTH, moving forward to battle; THE ETHIOPIANS AND THE LIBYANS, THAT H...
THE FIRST PROPHECY AGAINST EGYPT...
ETHIOPIANS: _ Heb._ Cush LYBIANS: _ Heb._ Put...
1-12 The whole word of God is against those who obey not the gospel of Christ; but it is for those, even of the Gentiles, who turn to Him. The prophecy begins with Egypt. Let them strengthen themselve...
Their ancient way of fighting was with chariots and bows; the prophet calls, in the name of the commanders of the Egyptian armies, to the horses and chariots to come on, and engage in the fight. The E...
Jeremiah 46:9 up H5927 (H8798) horses H5483 rage H1984 (H8703) chariots H7393 men H1368 forth H3318 ...
YHWH CHALLENGES THEM AND DARES THEM TO GO FORTH TO WHAT IS TO BE HIS DAY, A DAY OF VENGEANCE AND SACRIFICE (JEREMIAH 46:9). But YHWH saw things differently. The Egyptian Army was composed largely of m...
A). ORACLE CONCERNING NEBUCHADREZZAR'S DEFEAT OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMY AT CARCHEMISH IN 605 BC (JEREMIAH 46:2). The importance of this prophesy to a people reeling under the unexpected death of their good...
CONTENTS: Prophecies against Egypt. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Pharaoh-Necho, Nebuchadrezzar. CONCLUSION: When men think to magnify themselves by pushing on unrighteous enterprises, let them expect...
Jeremiah 46:1. _The Gentiles._ The succeeding six Chapter s ought to have followed the twenty fifth chapter of this book, as they do in the Vatican and Alexandrian copies of the Septuagint. Jeremiah 4...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 46:1 God’s Judgment on the Nations. Jeremiah has already declared God’s sovereignty over the nations (Jeremiah 27:1). Here he describes God
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—_FIRST PART:_ Jeremiah 46:1, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim; written _at Jerusalem,_ immediately before the battle of Charchemish. This se...
EXPOSITION This chapter, the first of a series, consists of two prophecies united, though it is probable enough that the latter was intended to supplement the former, for Jeremiah 46:2 are clearly inc...
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Jeremiah 46:1-28. Beginning with chapter 45 we came into the sixth part or section of the book of Jeremiah. And this sixth section is comprised of miscellaneous prophec...
1 Chronicles 1:11; 1 Corinthians 1:8; Acts 2:10; Ezekiel 27:10;...
And the Lydians — They were all auxiliaries to the Egyptians in this expedition....