Jeremiah 46:15
Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.
BSB
ASV
Why are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because Jehovah did drive them.
KJV
Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the Lord did drive them.
Why are thy valiant men swept away?.... As with a mighty torrent, or a sweeping rain; so the word is used in Pro 28:3; to which the Chaldean army may be compared; which came with such irresistible force as to drive the Egyptians from their posts, so that they could not stand their ground.
Translate it: “Why is thy mighty one cast down? He stood not, because Yahweh thrust him down.” The “mighty one” is explained by the Septuagint to be the bull Apis. Thus: (1) the chief deity of Egypt Jer 46:15; (2) the army of mercenaries Jer 46:16; (3) the king, Pharaoh Jer 46:17, are the three upon whom the Egyptians trusted.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Psalms 18:39You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
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You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge…
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Psalms 68:2As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
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The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
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Psalms 18:14He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
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Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.