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Monday, July 21st, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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English Standard Version
Jeremiah 46:3
"Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
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Christian Standard Bible®
Deploy small shields and large;approach for battle!
Deploy small shields and large;approach for battle!
Hebrew Names Version
Prepare you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Prepare you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
King James Version
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
New American Standard Bible
"Set up the buckler and shield, And advance to the battle!
"Set up the buckler and shield, And advance to the battle!
New Century Version
"Prepare your shields, large and small, and march out for battle!
"Prepare your shields, large and small, and march out for battle!
Amplified Bible
"Line up the buckler (small shield) and [large] shield, And advance for battle!
"Line up the buckler (small shield) and [large] shield, And advance for battle!
World English Bible
Prepare you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Prepare you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Make readie buckler and shielde, and goe forth to battell.
Make readie buckler and shielde, and goe forth to battell.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Arrange the shield and large shield,And draw near for the battle!
"Arrange the shield and large shield,And draw near for the battle!
Berean Standard Bible
"Deploy your shields, small and large, and advance for battle!
"Deploy your shields, small and large, and advance for battle!
Contemporary English Version
It's time to go into battle! So grab your shields,
It's time to go into battle! So grab your shields,
Complete Jewish Bible
"Prepare breastplate and shield! Advance to battle!
"Prepare breastplate and shield! Advance to battle!
Darby Translation
Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!
Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!
Easy-to-Read Version
"Get your large and small shields ready. March out for battle.
"Get your large and small shields ready. March out for battle.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Take up the buckler and shield and draw near to battle.
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Take up the buckler and shield and draw near to battle.
Good News Translation
"The Egyptian officers shout, ‘Get your shields ready and march into battle!
"The Egyptian officers shout, ‘Get your shields ready and march into battle!
Lexham English Bible
"Prepare small shield and shield, and approach for the battle!
"Prepare small shield and shield, and approach for the battle!
Literal Translation
Set in order the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Set in order the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye make redy buckler and shylde, ye go forth to fight:
Ye make redy buckler and shylde, ye go forth to fight:
American Standard Version
Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Bible in Basic English
Get out the breastplate and body-cover, and come together to the fight.
Get out the breastplate and body-cover, and come together to the fight.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
King James Version (1611)
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw neere to battell.
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw neere to battell.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Make redy buckler and shielde, and go foorth to fight.
Make redy buckler and shielde, and go foorth to fight.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And all the leaders of the king of Babylon went in, and sat in the middle gate, Marganasar, and Samagoth, and Nabusachar, and Nabusaris, Nagargas, Naserrabamath, and the rest of the leaders of the king of Babylon,
And all the leaders of the king of Babylon went in, and sat in the middle gate, Marganasar, and Samagoth, and Nabusachar, and Nabusaris, Nagargas, Naserrabamath, and the rest of the leaders of the king of Babylon,
English Revised Version
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Make ye redi scheeld and targat, and go ye forth to batel.
Make ye redi scheeld and targat, and go ye forth to batel.
Update Bible Version
Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Webster's Bible Translation
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
New English Translation
"Fall into ranks with your shields ready! Prepare to march into battle!
"Fall into ranks with your shields ready! Prepare to march into battle!
New King James Version
"Order the buckler and shield, And draw near to battle!
"Order the buckler and shield, And draw near to battle!
New Living Translation
"Prepare your shields, and advance into battle!
"Prepare your shields, and advance into battle!
New Life Bible
"Get your coverings ready and go out to the battle!
"Get your coverings ready and go out to the battle!
New Revised Standard
Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Prepare ye buckler and shield, And draw near to battle:
Prepare ye buckler and shield, And draw near to battle:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and go forth to battle.
Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and go forth to battle.
Revised Standard Version
"Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
"Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
Young's Literal Translation
`Set ye in array shield and buckler, And draw nigh to battle.
`Set ye in array shield and buckler, And draw nigh to battle.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Line up the shield and buckler, And draw near for the battle!
"Line up the shield and buckler, And draw near for the battle!
Contextual Overview
1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations. 2 About Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: 3 "Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle! 4 Harness the horses; mount, O horsemen! Take your stations with your helmets, polish your spears, put on your armor! 5 Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward. Their warriors are beaten down and have fled in haste; they look not back— terror on every side! declares the Lord . 6 "The swift cannot flee away, nor the warrior escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen. 7 "Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge? 8 Egypt rises like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge. He said, ‘I will rise, I will cover the earth, I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.' 9 Advance, O horses, and rage, O chariots! Let the warriors go out: men of Cush and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow. 10 That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
This is a poetical and ironical call to the Egyptians to muster their forces; and implies that all their courage and efforts would be vain. Jeremiah 51:11, Jeremiah 51:12, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 21:5, Joel 3:9, Nahum 2:1, Nahum 3:14
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 46:14 - Stand Ezekiel 38:7 - General
Cross-References
Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great."
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great."
Genesis 15:13
Then the Lord said to Abram, "Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.
Then the Lord said to Abram, "Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.
Genesis 18:18
seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies,
I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies,
Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, "I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.
And God said to him, "I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.
Genesis 46:1
So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Genesis 46:2
And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here I am."
And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here I am."
Genesis 46:3
Then he said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation.
Then he said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation.
Genesis 46:7
his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.
his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Order ye the buckler and shield,.... Both signify one and the same sort of armour, only of a different form, the one being lesser and lighter than the other. Jarchi makes the difference to be, that the former was made of skin, the latter of wood; they were both used to defend the body in war. To order them is not only to prepare them, and get them ready; but to fit them to the body, and to put them on, that they might be in a readiness to engage in battle. The exhortation is made either to the Chaldean army, to prepare to fight against the Egyptians; or to the army of Pharaohnecho, to defend themselves against the king of Babylon, who was coming against them, as Kimchi and Abarbinel, who seem to be in doubt which it should be; but the latter is most probable: and it is either a direction of Pharaoh to his army, to be in readiness; or rather of God, speaking ironically to them, suggesting, that let them do what they would, and make ever such preparations for battle, all would come to nothing, victory would be on the other side;
and draw near to battle; engage the enemy briskly, and with the greatest courage, and use all your military skill; and, when ye have done, it will all be in vain.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Order ye ... - “i. e., prepare ye, make ready.” The buckler was a small round target carried by the lightly-armed troops: the shield belonged to the heavily-armed troops, and was large enough to protect the whole body.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 46:3. Order ye the buckler — This is the call to the general armament of the people against the Chaldeans.
