Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 46:3
(c) Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
(c) He warns the Egyptians to prepare themselves for war.
(c) Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
(c) He warns the Egyptians to prepare themselves for war.
Verse Jeremiah 46:3. _ORDER YE THE BUCKLER_] This is the call to the general armament of the people against the Chaldeans....
ORDER YE ... - “i. e., prepare ye, make ready.” The buckler was a small round target carried by the lightly-armed troops: the shield belonged to the heavily-armed troops, and was large enough to prote...
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...
ORDER YE. Prepare ye, or Put in order....
_Order ye_ rather, PREPARE YE. Or, more literally, _Set in line_. _buckler and shield_ The former of these was a small round shield which the light-armed troops carried, while the latter covered the...
These verses give us a lively description of the preparation and the advance, which were followed by the disastrous defeat at Carchemish....
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...
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...
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN NEBUCHADNEZZAR AND THE NATIONS Jeremiah 46:1 to Jeremiah 49:39 With the exception of the Book of Hosea, every prophetic book of the Old Testament contains at least one oracle concer...
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. Derisive summons to battle. With all your mighty preparation for the invasion of Nebuchadnezzar, when ye come to the encounter ye shall be...
AGAINST EGYPT 1. Against the Gentiles] RV 'concerning the nations 'around....
ORDER YE THE BUCKLER AND SHIELD... — The poem opens with a summons to the hosts of Nebuchadnezzar to prepare for their victory. First the foot-soldiers are called, then the horse, lastly the light-arm...
עִרְכ֤וּ מָגֵן֙ וְ צִנָּ֔ה וּ גְשׁ֖וּ לַ
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...
_Prepare Egyptians, the enemy is at hand. (Calmet)_...
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...
Jeremiah uses now a form of speaking very common in the Prophets though remote from common use. For the Prophets, when they denounce God’s judgments and punishments on the ungodly, do not speak in a s...
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...
ORDER YE THE BUCKLER AND SHIELD,.... Both signify one and the same sort of armour, only of a different form, the one being lesser and lighter than the other. Jarchi makes the difference to be, that th...
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. Ver. 3. _Order ye the buckler and shield._] So Pharaoh is brought in bespeaking his forces, when he was going to fight against Nebuchadnezzar...
_Order ye the buckler_, &c. In these verses the mighty preparations of the Egyptians for war are described, which causes the prophet, who foresees the defeat, to express, as he does in the next two ve...
THE FIRST PROPHECY AGAINST EGYPT...
Order ye the buckler, the smaller protecting shield, AND SHIELD, the large shield, behind which the entire body could be hidden, AND DRAW NEAR TO BATTLE! It is a description picturing the preparations...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Jeremiah 46:3 Order H6186 (H8798) buckler H4043 shield H6793 near H5066 (H8798) battle H4421...
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...
EXPECTANT PREPARATION FOR BATTLE (JEREMIAH 46:3). The prophecy commences with a vivid picture of preparation for battle, as the Egyptian army prepared to face the enemy. Some see in this the Babylonia...
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...
Isaiah 21:5; Isaiah 8:10; Isaiah 8:9; Jeremiah 51:11; Jeremiah 51:12;...