Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, June 28th, 2025
the Week of Proper 7 / Ordinary 12
the Week of Proper 7 / Ordinary 12
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Good News Translation
Jeremiah 46:3
"The Egyptian officers shout, ‘Get your shields ready and march into 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.
English Standard Version
"Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
"Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for 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.
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 Lord spoke to me about the nations, 2 beginning with Egypt. This is what he said about the army of King Neco of Egypt, which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia defeated at Carchemish near the Euphrates River in the fourth year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah: 3 "The Egyptian officers shout, ‘Get your shields ready and march into battle! 4 Harness your horses and mount them! Fall in line and put on your helmets! Sharpen your spears! Put on your armor!' 5 "But what do I see?" asks the Lord . "They are turning back in terror. Their soldiers are beaten back; overcome with fear, they run as fast as they can and do not look back. 6 Those who run fast cannot get away; the soldiers cannot escape. In the north, by the Euphrates, they stumble and fall. 7 Who is this that rises like the Nile, like a river flooding its banks? 8 It is Egypt, rising like the Nile, like a river flooding its banks. Egypt said, ‘I will rise and cover the world; I will destroy cities and the people who live there. 9 Command the horses to go and the chariots to roll! Send out the soldiers: men from Ethiopia and Libya, carrying shields, and skilled archers from Lydia.'" 10 This is the day of the Sovereign Lord Almighty: today he will take revenge; today he will punish his enemies. His sword will eat them until it is full, and drink their blood until it is satisfied. Today the Almighty sacrifices his victims in the north, by the 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
I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.
I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 15:1
After this, Abram had a vision and heard the Lord say to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I will shield you from danger and give you a great reward."
After this, Abram had a vision and heard the Lord say to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I will shield you from danger and give you a great reward."
Genesis 15:13
The Lord said to him, "Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land; they will be slaves there and will be treated cruelly for four hundred years.
The Lord said to him, "Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land; they will be slaves there and will be treated cruelly for four hundred years.
Genesis 18:18
His descendants will become a great and mighty nation, and through him I will bless all the nations.
His descendants will become a great and mighty nation, and through him I will bless all the nations.
Genesis 22:17
I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.
I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.
Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, "I am Almighty God. Have many children. Nations will be descended from you, and you will be the ancestor of kings.
And God said to him, "I am Almighty God. Have many children. Nations will be descended from you, and you will be the ancestor of kings.
Genesis 46:1
Jacob packed up all he had and went to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Jacob packed up all he had and went to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Genesis 46:2
God spoke to him in a vision at night and called, "Jacob, Jacob!" "Yes, here I am," he answered.
God spoke to him in a vision at night and called, "Jacob, Jacob!" "Yes, here I am," he answered.
Genesis 46:3
"I am God, the God of your father," he said. "Do not be afraid to go to Egypt; I will make your descendants a great nation there.
"I am God, the God of your father," he said. "Do not be afraid to go to Egypt; I will make your descendants a great nation there.
Genesis 46:7
his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, and his granddaughters.
his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, and his granddaughters.
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.
