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They cannot stand, for the LORD will push them down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/46.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Why have your warriors fallen? They cannot stand, for the LORD has knocked them down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/46.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Why are your mighty ones face down? They do not stand because the LORD thrust them down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/46.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/46.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Why are thy valiant <i>men</i> swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/46.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Why are your valiant <i>men</i> swept away? They did not stand Because the LORD drove them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/46.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Why have your powerful ones been cut down? They do not stand because the LORD has thrust them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/46.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Why have your mighty ones become prostrate? They do not stand because the LORD has thrust them down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/46.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Why have your mighty ones become prostrate? They do not stand because the LORD has thrust them down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/46.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Why are your mighty ones thrown down? They do not stand because Yahweh has thrust them down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/46.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Why have your strong ones been cut down? They do not stand because the LORD drove them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/46.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why have your strong ones been swept away? Each has not stood, for the LORD has thrust him down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/46.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why have your strong ones been swept away? Each has not stood, for the LORD has thrust him down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/46.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Why are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because Jehovah did drive them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/46.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I have struck down your mighty god Apis and chased him away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/46.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Why are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/46.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Why should your soldiers be cut down? They can't stand because the LORD will push them down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/46.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Why has your mighty god Apis fallen? The LORD has struck him down!' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/46.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Why are your warriors prostrate? They don't stand because the LORD has brought them down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/46.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Why will your soldiers be defeated? They will not stand because I, the LORD, will thrust them down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/46.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Why are your strong ones swept away? They did not stand, because the LORD pushed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/46.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/46.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/46.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Why are your strong ones swept away? They didn’t stand, because Yahweh pushed them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/46.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Why has your bull been swept away? He has not stood, because YHWH thrust him away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/46.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Wherefore hath thy bull been swept away? He hath not stood, because Jehovah thrust him away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/46.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Wherefore were thy powerful cast down, not to stand? for Jehovah thrust them away.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/46.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Why are thy valiant men come to nothing? they stood not: because the Lord hath overthrown them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/46.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Why have your strong ones decayed? They have not stood firm, because the Lord has overthrown them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/46.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Why has Apis fled? Your champion did not stand, Because the LORD thrust him down; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/46.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Why has Apis fled? Why did your bull not stand? —because the LORD thrust him down.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/46.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Why are your valiant men defeated? They fell down and rose up no more because the LORD has overthrown them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/46.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Why did your mighty ones stumble and fall and did not get up? Because LORD JEHOVAH has cast them down!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/46.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Why is thy strong one overthrown? He stood not, because the LORD did thrust him down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/46.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Wherefore has Apis fled from thee? thy choice calf has not remained; for the Lord has utterly weakened him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=13921" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/46.htm">The Judgment on Egypt</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’ <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4069.htm" title="4069: mad·dū·a‘ (Interrog) -- Why? for what reason?. Or madduaa; from mah and the passive participle of yada'; what known?; i.e. why?.">Why</a> <a href="/hebrew/47.htm" title="47: ’ab·bî·re·ḵā (Adj-mpc:: 2ms) -- Mighty, valiant. For 'abiyr.">have your warriors</a> <a href="/hebrew/5502.htm" title="5502: nis·ḥap̄ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- Prostrate. A primitive root; to scrape off.">been laid low?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">They cannot</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: ‘ā·maḏ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">stand,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1920.htm" title="1920: hă·ḏā·p̄ōw (V-Qal-Perf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To thrust, drive, push. A prim root; to push away or down.">has thrust them down.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-25.htm">Exodus 14:25</a></span><br />He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-1.htm">Isaiah 19:1</a></span><br />This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/30-21.htm">Ezekiel 30:21-22</a></span><br />“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword. / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/3-13.htm">Nahum 3:13</a></span><br />Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-3.htm">Isaiah 31:3</a></span><br />But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/33-16.htm">Psalm 33:16-17</a></span><br />No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength. / A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Isaiah 31:8</a></span><br />“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-18.htm">Isaiah 10:18</a></span><br />The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Isaiah 37:36</a></span><br />Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-16.htm">Isaiah 30:16</a></span><br />“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm">Isaiah 10:16</a></span><br />Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-16.htm">Isaiah 19:16</a></span><br />In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1</a></span><br />Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-3.htm">Isaiah 30:3</a></span><br />But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/20-4.htm">Isaiah 20:4</a></span><br />so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Why are your valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.</p><p class="hdg">thy</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/46-5.htm">Jeremiah 46:5,21</a></b></br> Wherefore have I seen them dismayed <i>and</i> turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: <i>for</i> fear <i>was</i> round about, saith the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/5-20.htm">Judges 5:20,21</a></b></br> They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Isaiah 66:15,16</a></b></br> For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire… </p><p class="hdg">the Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/6-1.htm">Exodus 6:1</a></b></br> Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/11-23.htm">Deuteronomy 11:23</a></b></br> Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-14.htm">Psalm 18:14,39</a></b></br> Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/44-22.htm">Able</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-20.htm">Bull</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-9.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-5.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-6.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/39-1.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-12.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-5.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-23.htm">Overthrown</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-23.htm">Prostrate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-14.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-15.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-25.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-12.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Swept</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Valiant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-9.htm">Warriors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-5.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/48-26.htm">Able</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-10.htm">Bull</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-13.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-21.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-6.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-19.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-3.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-3.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-18.htm">Overthrown</a> <a href="/daniel/2-46.htm">Prostrate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-21.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-45.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-22.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-3.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/daniel/11-22.htm">Swept</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-4.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-14.htm">Valiant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-14.htm">Warriors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-4.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 46</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-1.htm">Jeremiah prophesies the overthrow of Pharaoh's army at Euphrates</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-13.htm">and the conquest of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-27.htm">He comforts Jacob in his chastisement</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The rhetorical question highlights the unexpected nature of Egypt's defeat, as they were a powerful nation with a formidable military. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's sovereignty over nations, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/isaiah/31.htm">Isaiah 31:1-3</a>, where reliance on military might is contrasted with trust in God.<p><b>They cannot stand,</b><br>The inability of the Egyptian warriors to stand signifies their complete defeat and demoralization. This phrase underscores the futility of human strength when opposed by divine will. It echoes the sentiment found in <a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7</a>, which contrasts trust in chariots and horses with trust in the name of the Lord. The imagery of falling warriors also serves as a metaphor for the collapse of human pride and self-reliance.<p><b>for the LORD has thrust them down.</b><br>This clause attributes the defeat directly to the action of the LORD, emphasizing His control over historical events. It reflects the biblical principle that God raises and brings down nations according to His purposes, as seen in <a href="/daniel/2-21.htm">Daniel 2:21</a>. The use of the term "thrust" suggests a decisive and forceful action, indicating that the defeat was not merely a result of military strategy but a divine intervention. This aligns with the prophetic nature of Jeremiah's message, where God's judgment is executed through historical events. Theologically, it points to the ultimate authority of God over all earthly powers, a theme that resonates throughout the prophetic literature.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his prophecies concerning the judgment of God upon Judah and the surrounding nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The nation addressed in this prophecy, known for its historical power and influence in the ancient Near East.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt, often seen as a symbol of earthly power and opposition to God's will.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who exercises sovereign control over the nations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/w/warriors_of_egypt.htm">Warriors of Egypt</a></b><br>The military forces of Egypt, representing human strength and reliance on worldly power.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>God is in control of all nations and their leaders. No earthly power can stand against His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_human_strength.htm">The Futility of Human Strength</a></b><br>Reliance on human strength and military might is ultimately futile. True strength comes from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_as_a_call_to_repentance.htm">Judgment as a Call to Repentance</a></b><br>God's judgment serves as a call to repentance and a reminder of His holiness and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god_alone.htm">Trust in God Alone</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to place their trust in God rather than in worldly powers or alliances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/historical_lessons_for_modern_believers.htm">Historical Lessons for Modern Believers</a></b><br>The historical events of the Bible serve as lessons for contemporary faith, reminding us of God's unchanging nature and His expectations for His people.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_46.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 46</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_teaching_and_senior_pastors_differ.htm">What does 'The LORD is my life's strength' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_jer._15_3_punishments_conflict_with_god's_love.htm">The graphic punishments in Jeremiah 15:3 seem excessively harsh. Do they conflict with the concept of a just and loving God found elsewhere in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jesus_contradict_jewish_laws_in_matt._15.htm">Is Jesus contradicting established Jewish laws by declaring that eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person (Matthew 15:1-11)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer_15_1_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">If Jeremiah 15:1 implies God would not listen to Moses or Samuel, how does this align with other passages portraying a merciful God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/46.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">Why are thy valiant men swept away?</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">Why is thy strong bull dragged away! </span>The Hebrew verbs are in the singular, and the adjective is given in the same number both in the LXX. and Vulgate. The former gives the rendering "Why did Apis flee from thee, and thy chosen calf abode not" as if referring to the bull Apis as the representative of Osiris, the chief deity of Egypt; and this version receives some support from the use of the Hebrew words for "oxen," "bulls," "beasts," in <a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm" title="And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.">Isaiah 34:7</a> and <a href="/psalms/22-12.htm" title="Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.">Psalm 22:12</a>; <a href="/psalms/68-30.htm" title="Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter you the people that delight in war.">Psalm 68:30</a>, and from the fact that the same word is used in <a href="/isaiah/1-24.htm" title="Therefore said the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of my adversaries, and avenge me of my enemies:">Isaiah 1:24</a>; <a href="/isaiah/49-26.htm" title="And I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am your Savior and your Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.">Isaiah 49:26</a> as a Divine name "the mighty one of Israel." So understood, the prophet's words contemplate the triumph of the God of Israel over the theriomorphic deity of Egypt. We may find a literal fulfilment of the words in the slaughter of the sacred bull by Cambyses (Herod. iii. 29).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/46.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Why are thy valiant men,</span> etc.? The literal rendering of the received text is, <span class="accented">Why is thy strong ones</span> (plural) <span class="accented">swept sway</span> (or, <span class="accented">ca</span>s<span class="accented">t down</span>)<span class="accented">? He stood not, because Jehovah thrust him!</span> It is true that the first half of the verse might, consistently with grammar, be rendered, "Why are thy strong ones swept away?" But the following singulars prove that the subject of the verb in the first verse half must itself be a singular. We must, therefore, follow the reading of the Septuagint, Vulgate, Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion, and many of the extant Hebrew manuscripts, and change the plural "strong ones" into the singular "strong one." The word so rendered is elsewhere in Jeremiah one used (in the plural) of strong horses (<a href="/jeremiah/8-16.htm">Jeremiah 8:16</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/47-3.htm">Jeremiah 47:3</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/1-11.htm">Jeremiah 1:11</a>); but there is no necessity to bind ourselves to this acceptation. Other possible meanings are <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> strong man, <span class="accented">e.g.</span> <a href="/judges/5-22.htm">Judges 5:22</a> and <a href="/lamentations/1-15.htm">Lamentations 1:15</a>; <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> steer, bull, <span class="accented">e.g.</span> <a href="/psalms/22-13.htm">Psalm 22:13</a> and Psalm 50:13, and (metaphorically of princes) Psalm 68:31. It is a tenable view that "thy strong one" is to be understood distributively as equivalent to "every strong one of thine." But it is certainly more plausible to regard the phrase as a synonym for Apis, the sacred bull in which the supreme god Osiris was believed by the Egyptians to be incarnate. This was a superstition (strange, no doubt, but not so ignoble as some have thought) as deeply ingrained in the Egyptian mind as any in their complicated religion. "In fact, they believed that the supreme God was with them when they possessed a bull bearing certain hieratic marks, the signs of the incarnation of the divinity" (Pierrot). His death was the signal for a mourning as general as for a Pharaoh, and the funeral ceremonies (accounts of which are given in the inscriptions) were equally splendid. M. Mariette has discovered, in the neighbourhood of Memphis, a necropolis in which the Apis bulls were successively interred from the eighteenth dynasty to the close of the period of the Ptolemies. For the Apis to be "swept away" like ordinary plunder, or "cast down" in the slaughtering trough (comp. <a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm">Isaiah 34:7</a>), was indeed a token that the glory of Egypt had departed. It is a singular coincidence that the very word here employed by Jeremiah for "bull" (abbir) was adopted (like many other words) into the Egyptian language - it received the slightly modified form <span class="accented">aber</span>. The Septuagint, it should be added, is in favour of the general view of the verse thus obtained, and the authority of the <span class="accented">Egyptian-Jewish</span> version in a prophecy relative to Egypt is not slight. Its rendering of the first half is, "Why hath Apis, thy chosen calf, fled?" But the probability is that it read the Hebrew differently, "Why hath Khaph ( = Apis), thy chosen one, fled?" This merely involves grouping some letters otherwise, and reading one word a little differently. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Why</span><br /><span class="heb">מַדּ֖וּעַ</span> <span class="translit">(mad·dū·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4069.htm">Strong's 4069: </a> </span><span class="str2">Why? for what reason?</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have your warriors</span><br /><span class="heb">אַבִּירֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ab·bî·re·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_47.htm">Strong's 47: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mighty, valiant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">been laid low?</span><br /><span class="heb">נִסְחַ֣ף</span> <span class="translit">(nis·ḥap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5502.htm">Strong's 5502: </a> </span><span class="str2">To scrape off</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They cannot</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stand,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָמַ֔ד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·maḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has thrust them down.</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲדָפֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hă·ḏā·p̄ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1920.htm">Strong's 1920: </a> </span><span class="str2">To thrust, drive, push</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Jeremiah 46:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Jeremiah 46:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Jeremiah 46:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Jeremiah 46:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Jeremiah 46:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Jeremiah 46:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Jeremiah 46:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Jeremiah 46:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Jeremiah 46:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Jeremiah 46:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/46-15.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 46:15 Why are your strong ones swept away? 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