Jérémie 46:12

12 Les nations apprennent ta honte, Et tes cris remplissent la terre, Car les guerriers chancellent l'un sur l'autre, Ils tombent tous ensemble.

Jérémie 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.

Jérémie 46:12 In-Context

10 Ce jour est au Seigneur, à l'Eternel des armées; C'est un jour de vengeance, où il se venge de ses ennemis. L'épée dévore, elle se rassasie, Elle s'enivre de leur sang. Car il y a des victimes du Seigneur, de l'Eternel des armées, Au pays du septentrion, sur les rives de l'Euphrate.
11 Monte en Galaad, prends du baume, Vierge, fille de l'Egypte! En vain tu multiplies les remèdes, Il n'y a point de guérison pour toi.
12 Les nations apprennent ta honte, Et tes cris remplissent la terre, Car les guerriers chancellent l'un sur l'autre, Ils tombent tous ensemble.
13 La parole qui fut adressée par l'Eternel à Jérémie, le prophète, sur l'arrivée de Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, qui voulait frapper le pays d'Egypte.
14 Annoncez-le en Egypte, Publiez-le à Migdol, Publiez-le à Noph et à Tachpanès! Dites: Lève-toi, prépare-toi, Car l'épée dévore autour de toi!
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