Jeremias 46:4

4 Aparelhai os cavalos, e montai, cavaleiros! Apresentai-vos com elmos; açacalai as lanças; vesti-vos de couraças.

Jeremias 46:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 46:4

Harness the horses
Put on their bridles and saddles and gird them: or, "bind the horses" ^F18; that is, to the chariots; put them to, as we commonly express it: Egypt abounded in horses, and so no doubt brought a large cavalry, and a multitude of chariots, into the field of battle: and get up, ye horsemen;
upon the horses, or into the chariots, and so be ready to receive the enemy, or to attack him: and stand forth with [your] helmets;
present themselves on horseback, or in their chariots, with their helmets on their heads, to cover them in the day of battle: furbish the spears;
that they may be sharp and piercing, and look bright and glittering, and strike terror in the enemy: [and] put on the brigandines;
coats of mail, to cover the whole body, which were made of iron, consisting of rings, as Kimchi observes.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (Myowoh wroa) "ligate equos", Montanus, Calvin; "alligate", Schmidt.

Jeremias 46:4 In-Context

2 Acerca do Egito: a respeito do exército de Faraó-Neco, rei do Egito, que estava junto ao rio Eufrates em Carquêmis, ao qual Nabucodonozor, rei de Babilônia, derrotou no quarto ano de Jeoiaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judá.

3 Preparai o escudo e o pavês, e chegai-vos para a peleja.

4 Aparelhai os cavalos, e montai, cavaleiros! Apresentai-vos com elmos; açacalai as lanças; vesti-vos de couraças.

5 Por que razão os vejo espantados e voltando as costas? Os seus heróis estão abatidos, e vão fugindo, sem olharem para trás; terror há por todos os lados, diz o Senhor.

6 Não pode fugir o ligeiro, nem escapar o herói; para a banda do norte, junto ao rio Eufrates, tropeçaram e caíram.