THEOSISJeremiah 46:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Let not the swift flee away, nor the strong think to escape: they are overthrown, and fallen down, towards the north by the river Euphrates.
אַל־יָנ֣וּס הַקַּ֔ל וְאַל־יִמָּלֵ֖ט הַגִּבּ֑וֹר צָפ֙וֹנָה֙ עַל־יַ֣ד נְהַר־פְּרָ֔ת כָּשְׁל֖וּ וְנָפָֽלוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Dan 11:19And he shall turn his face to the empire of his own land, and he shall stumble, and fall, and shall not be found.
- Jer 46:12The nations have heard of thy disgrace, and thy howling hath filled the land: for the strong hath stumbled against the strong, and both are fallen together.
- Amos 2:14And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not possess his strength, neither shall the strong save his life.
- Amos 2:15And he that holdeth the bow shall not stand, and the swift of foot shall not escape, neither shall the rider of the horse save his life.
- Jer 4:6Set up the standard in Sion. Strengthen yourselves, stay not: for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction.
- Jer 20:11But the Lord is with me as a strong warrior: therefore they that persecute me shall fall, and shall be weak: they shall be greatly confounded, because they have not understood the everlasting reproach, which never shall be effaced.
- Jer 50:32And the proud one shall fall, he shall fall down, and there shall be none to lift him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
- Judg 4:15And the Lord struck a terror into Sisara, and all his chariots, and all his multitude, with the edge of the sword, at the sight of Barac; insomuch, that Sisara leaping down from off his chariot, fled away on foot,