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Jeremiah 46:5

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 46:5

Verse 5 of 28

Scripture focus

Wherefore have I seen them dismayed [and] turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: [for] fear [was] round about, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 46:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 46:5

Theological / Devotional

Wherefore? The prophet expresses surprise at the defeat of the Egyptians. He had probably witnessed personally the Egyptian retreat from Carchemish with the Babylonians close behind.

Saith the Lord. Heb. ne’um-Yahweh. This expression of divine affirmation appears more than 160 times in Jeremiah.

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