Jeremiah 46:9
in Jeremiah 46Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Jeremiah 46
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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 the campaign. The armies of Egypt were composed chiefly of mercenaries. Cush (see the margin), the Nubian negro, and Phut, the Libyans of Mauritania, supplied the heavy-armed soldiers Jer 46:3; and Ludim, the Hamite Lydians of North Africa (see Gen 10:13 note), a weaker race, served as light-armed troops.
This site's exposition
Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
on Jeremiah 46:7-12
Egypt pictures herself as the rising Nile flood covering the earth, an image of unstoppable power that the oracle turns back on her as the day of the Lord's vengeance, a sacrifice offered up by the river Euphrates rather than the Nile. The mercenary allies named in verse 9, Ethiopia, Libya and Lydia, fight for a cause already lost, hired strength unable to alter a sentence already passed. Verse 11 sends the daughter of Egypt to Gilead for balm, reversing the plea of 8:22, is there no balm in Gilead, into an ironic verdict on a nation seeking a cure that belongs to someone else and will not work for her.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
A prophecy of the descent which Nebuchadnezzar should make upon the land of Egypt, and his success in it, which was accomplished some years after the destruction of Jerusalem,
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots,....
It concerns those that go forth to war not only to order the buckler, and harness the horses, but to repent of their sins, and pray to God for his presence with them, and that they may have it to keep themselves from every wicked thing.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Ironical exhortation, as in Jer 46:3. The Egyptians, owing to the heat of their climate and abstinence from animal food, were physically weak, and therefore employed mercenary soldiers. Ethiopians--Hebrew, Cush: Abyssinia and Nubia.
The Ethiopians - Hebrews Cush, Phut, and the Ludim. This army was composed of many nations. Cush. which we translate Ethiopians, almost invariably means the Arabians; and here, those Arabs that bordered on Egypt near the Red Sea. Phut probably means the Libyans; for Phut settled in Libya, according to Josephus. Phut and Cush were two of the sons of Ham, and brothers to Mitsraim, the father of the Egyptians, Gen 10:6; and the Ludim were descended from Mitsraim; see Gen 10:13. Bochart contends that the Ludim were Ethiopians, and that they were famous for the use of the bow. Phaleg, lib. 4:26.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֲל֤וּ | ʾalu | go up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| הַסּוּסִים֙ | hasusim | O horses | H5483 → | 140 times |
| וְהִתְהֹלְל֣וּ | vehitholelu | and drive madly | H1984 → | 165 times |
| הָרֶ֔כֶב | harekhev | O chariotry | H7393 → | 119 times |
| וְיֵצְא֖וּ | veyetzeu | so they may go forth | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| הַגִּבּוֹרִ֑ים | hagiborim | the warriors | H1368 → | 158 times |
| כּ֤וּשׁ | kush | Cush | H3568 → | |
| וּפוּט֙ | ufut | and Put | H6316 → | |
| תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י | tofesei | [who] wield | H8610 → | 65 times |
| מָגֵ֔ן | magen | <of> a shield | H4043 → | |
| וְלוּדִ֕ים | veludim | and Ludites | H3866 → | |
| תֹּפְשֵׂ֖י | tofesei | [who] wield | H8610 → | 65 times |
| דֹּ֥רְכֵי | dorekhei | <of> [those who] bend | H1869 → | 62 times |
| קָֽשֶׁת׃ | kashet | <of> a bow | H7198 → | 76 times |
עֲל֤וּgo up
ʾaluH5927 →890 times
הַסּוּסִים֙O horses
hasusimH5483 →140 times
וְהִתְהֹלְל֣וּand drive madly
vehitholeluH1984 →165 times
הָרֶ֔כֶבO chariotry
harekhevH7393 →119 times
וְיֵצְא֖וּso they may go forth
veyetzeuH3318 →1067 times
הַגִּבּוֹרִ֑יםthe warriors
hagiborimH1368 →158 times
כּ֤וּשׁCush
kushH3568 →
וּפוּט֙and Put
ufutH6316 →
תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י[who] wield
tofeseiH8610 →65 times
מָגֵ֔ן<of> a shield
magenH4043 →
וְלוּדִ֕יםand Ludites
veludimH3866 →
תֹּפְשֵׂ֖י[who] wield
tofeseiH8610 →65 times
דֹּ֥רְכֵי<of> [those who] bend
dorekheiH1869 →62 times
קָֽשֶׁת׃<of> a bow
kashetH7198 →76 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 66:19I 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…
it leads to
- Isaiah 52:15
so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
- 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Romans 15:21
Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
- Isaiah 55:5
Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory…
- Isaiah 60:9
Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God,…
- Isaiah 52:15
Through
Ezekiel 27:10Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 30:5
Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 38:5
Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 30:5
Through
1 Chronicles 1:11Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
it leads to
- Genesis 10:13–18
Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
- Genesis 10:13–18
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.