Jeremiah 46:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Why are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because Jehovah did drive them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַדּ֖וּעַ נִסְחַ֣ף אַבִּירֶ֑יךָ לֹ֣א עָמַ֔ד כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה הֲדָפֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Maddûaʿ nisḥap ʾabbîreḵā? Lōʾ ʿāmad, kî YHWH hădāpô.

Grammar Details

*maddûaʿ*: interrogative adverb - why
*nisḥap*: niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - is swept away
*ʾabbîreḵā*: adjective, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your mighty ones
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ʿāmad*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he stood
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*YHWH*: divine name
*hădāpô*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - drove him away

Word Meanings

*nisḥap*: is swept away/carried off/driven back
*ʾabbîreḵā*: your mighty ones/bulls/strong ones
*ʿāmad*: stood/remained/withstood
*hădāpô*: drove him away/thrust him down/pushed him

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 66:15-16 : 15 For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire will Jehovah execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.
Jer 46:5 : 5 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.
Ps 68:2 : 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Ps 18:14 : 14 And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
Ps 18:39 : 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Ps 44:2 : 2 Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad.
Exod 6:1 : 1 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
Deut 11:23 : 23 then will Jehovah drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.
Judg 5:20-21 : 20 From heaven fought the stars, From their courses they fought against Sisera. 21 The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength.
Ps 114:2-7 : 2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. 3 The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs. 5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
Jer 46:21 : 21 Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand: for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.

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