Jeremías 46:12

12 Los gentiles oyeron tu afrenta, y tu clamor llenó la tierra; porque fuerte se encontró con fuerte, y cayeron ambos juntos

Jeremías 46:12 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 46:12

The nations have heard of thy shame
Their shameful defeat and overthrow by the Chaldean army; so, after the manner of prophecy, the thing is related as done; the battle fought, and the victory obtained; and the rumour and fame of it spread among the nations, to the great mortification of this proud people: and thy cry hath filled the land;
the shrieks of the wounded; the cry of the pursued and taken; the lamentation of friends and relations for their dead; with one thing or another of this kind the whole land of Egypt was filled; yea, all the countries round about them, in confederacy with them, were filled with distress for the loss of their own; the calamity was large and spreading, and the rumour of it: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, [and] they are
fallen both together;
either the mighty Egyptians against the mighty Chaldeans; and though the latter were the conquerors, yet lost abundance of men; so that there were mighty ones fell on both sides: or rather, as Jarchi, Kimchi, and Abarbinel, the mighty Egyptians in their flight fell, and other mighty ones of them following, stumbled at them, and fell upon them, and so both became a prey to the pursuers; or in their flight the mighty Egyptians stumbled against their mighty auxiliaries before mentioned, ( Jeremiah 46:9 ) ; and so both came into the hands of their enemies. The Targum is, both were slain.

Jeremías 46:12 In-Context

10 Mas ese día será al SEÑOR Dios de los ejércitos día de venganza, para vengarse de sus enemigos; y la espada devorará y se saciará, y se embriagará de la sangre de ellos; porque matanza será al SEÑOR, Dios de los ejércitos, en tierra del aquilón junto al río Eufrates

11 Sube a Galaad, y toma bálsamo, virgen hija de Egipto; por demás multiplicarás medicinas; no hay cura para ti

12 Los gentiles oyeron tu afrenta, y tu clamor llenó la tierra; porque fuerte se encontró con fuerte, y cayeron ambos juntos

13 Palabra que habló el SEÑOR a Jeremías, el profeta acerca de la venida de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, para herir la tierra de Egipto

14 Denunciad en Egipto, y haced saber en Migdol; haced saber también en Menfis y en Tafnes; decid: Está quieto, y aparéjate; porque espada ha de devorar tu comarca