NET Bible
"Harness the horses to the chariots! Mount your horses! Take your positions with helmets on! Ready your spears! Put on the armor!"
— Jeremiah 46:4, NET Bible
“Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.”
“Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail. ”
“Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.”
“Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen: stand forth with helmets, furbish the spears, put on coats of mail.”
“Make the horses ready, and get up, you horsemen, and take your places with your head-dresses; make the spears sharp and put on the breastplates.”
“Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.”
Prophecies Against Foreign Nations This was the LORD’s message to the prophet Jeremiah about the nations.
The Prophecy about Egypt’s Defeat at Carchemish He spoke about Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt which was encamped along the Euphrates River at Carchemish. Now this was the army that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.
“Fall into ranks with your shields ready! Prepare to march into battle!
Harness the horses to the chariots! Mount your horses! Take your positions with helmets on! Ready your spears! Put on the armor!
“What do I see! The soldiers are frightened. They are retreating. They are being scattered. They have fled for refuge without looking back. Terror is all around them,” says the LORD.
But even the swiftest cannot get away. Even the strongest cannot escape. There in the north by the Euphrates River they have stumbled and fallen in defeat.
Who is this that rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage?