Jeremiah 46:7
5 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.
6 “The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.
Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?
8 Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’
9 Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth— Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?
- KJV
- Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
- WEB
- “Who is this who rises up like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?
- ASV
- Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
- DARBY
- Who is this [that] riseth up as the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
- BLB
- Who [is] this like the River coming up, like the rivers with their surging waters?
- ÅB
- Hvem er det som stiger opp lik Nilen, hvis vann bølger som strømmene?
- OTB
- Hvem er denne som stiger opp som Nilen, som elver av opprørt vann?
- B1930
- Hvem er det som stiger op lik Nilen, hvis vann bølger som strømmene?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 47:2
This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
Read in contextDaniel 11:22
Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:7–8
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
Read in contextRevelation 12:15
Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
Read in contextDaniel 9:26
Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
Read in contextAmos 8:8
Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 3:6
Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
Read in contextSong of Solomon 8:5
Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
Read in context