“ Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. ”
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...
(c) Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. (c) He warns the Egyptians to prepare themselves for war.
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 ho...
Order ye . Prepare ye, or Put in order.
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...
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. Order ye the buckler - This is the call to the general armament of the people against the Chaldeans.
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 shal...
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-...
CHAPTER XVII EGYPT Jeremiah 43:8-13 , Jeremiah 44:30 , Jeremiah 46:1-28 "I will visit Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods and their kings: even Pharaoh and all them that trus...
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 consist...
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...
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...
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 Nebuchadnezz...
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 t...
The Judgment of Egypt. B. C. 608. 1 The word of the L ORD which came to Jeremiah the pr...
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A). Oracle Concerning Nebuchadrezzar's Defeat Of The Egyptian Army At Carchemish In 605 BC ( Jeremiah 46:2-12 ). The importance of this prophesy to a people reeling under the unexpected death of t...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter.— First Part: Jeremiah 46:1-12 , in the fourth year of Jehoiakim; written at Jerusalem, immediately before the battle of Charchemish....
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. Jerem...
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 46:2-24 are...
The First Prophecy Against Egypt
Isaiah 21:5 ; Isaiah 8:10 ; Isaiah 8:9 ; Jeremiah 51:11 ; Jeremiah 51:12 ; Joel 3:9 ; Nahum 2:1 ; Nahum 3:14