Jeremiah 46:4

4 Harness the horses, mount the steeds! Take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears, put on your armor!

Jeremiah 46:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
ESV
4 Harness the horses; mount, O horsemen! Take your stations with your helmets, polish your spears, put on your armor!
NLT
4 Harness the horses, and mount the stallions. Take your positions. Put on your helmets. Sharpen your spears, and prepare your armor.
MSG
4 Harness the horses! Up in the saddles! Battle formation! Helmets on, spears sharpened, armor in place!'
CSB
4 Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish the lances; put on armor!

Jeremiah 46:4 In-Context

2 Concerning Egypt: This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
3 “Prepare your shields, both large and small, and march out for battle!
4 Harness the horses, mount the steeds! Take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears, put on your armor!
5 What do I see? They are terrified, they are retreating, their warriors are defeated. They flee in haste without looking back, and there is terror on every side,” declares the LORD.
6 “The swift cannot flee nor the strong escape. In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Ezekiel 21:9-11
  • 2. 1 Samuel 17:5,38; 2 Chronicles 26:14; Nehemiah 4:16
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