NET Bible
"Why will your soldiers be defeated? They will not stand because I, the LORD, will thrust them down."
— Jeremiah 46:15, NET Bible
“Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the Lord did drive them.”
“Why are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because Jehovah did drive them. ”
“Why are your strong ones swept away? they didn't stand, because Yahweh did drive them.”
“Why are thy valiant men come to nothing? they stood not: because the Lord hath overthrown them.”
“Why has Apis, your strong one, gone in flight? he was not able to keep his place, because the Lord was forcing him down with strength.”
“Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the Lord did drive them.”
The nations have heard of your shameful defeat. Your cries of distress fill the earth. One soldier has stumbled over another and both of them have fallen down defeated.”
The Lord Predicts that Nebuchadnezzar Will Attack and Plunder Egypt The LORD spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about Nebuchadnezzar coming to attack the land of Egypt.
“Make an announcement throughout Egypt. Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes.‘Take your positions and prepare to do battle. For the enemy army is destroying all the nations around you.’
Why will your soldiers be defeated? They will not stand because I, the LORD, will thrust them down.
I will make many stumble. They will fall over one another in their hurry to flee. They will say,‘Get up! Let’s go back to our own people. Let’s go back to our homelands because the enemy is coming to destroy us.’
There at home they will say,‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is just a big noise! He has let the most opportune moment pass by.’
I the King, whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, swear this: I swear as surely as I live that a conqueror is coming. He will be as imposing as Mount Tabor is among the mountains, as Mount Carmel is against the backdrop of the sea.