Jeremiah 46:5

³ Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

⁴ Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.

⁶ Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

⁷ Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
KJV: Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.
WEB: Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and are turned backward. Their mighty ones are beaten down, have fled in haste, and don’t look back. Terror is on every side,” says the LORD.
ASV: Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.
DARBY: Why do I see them dismayed, turned away back? And their mighty ones are beaten down, and take to flight, and look not back? Terror [is] on every side, saith Jehovah.
BLB: Why have I seen [it]? They are terrified; they are turning back, and their mighty ones are crushed, and [in] haste they have fled; not even did they turn; fear [was] all around!” A declaration of YHWH.

ÅB: Hvorfor ser jeg dem forferdet vike tilbake? Og deres kjemper blir slått og tar flukten uten å vende seg om; redsel er det rundt omkring, sier Herren.
OTB: Hvorfor ser jeg dem skrekkslagne, i retrett, med sine krigere beseiret? De flykter i hast uten å se seg tilbake, og det er frykt på alle kanter," erklærer Herren.
B1930: Hvorfor ser jeg dem forferdet vike tilbake? Og deres kjemper blir slått og tar flukten uten å vende sig om; redsel er det rundt omkring, sier Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 49:29
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
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Jeremiah 6:25
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
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Jeremiah 46:21
Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
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Jeremiah 46:15
Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.
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Jeremiah 20:3–4
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
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Nahum 2:8
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
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Revelation 6:15–17
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
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Isaiah 19:16
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
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