the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Yeremya 46:15
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thy: Jeremiah 46:5, Jeremiah 46:21, Judges 5:20, Judges 5:21, Isaiah 66:15, Isaiah 66:16
the Lord: Exodus 6:1, Deuteronomy 11:23, Psalms 18:14, Psalms 18:39, Psalms 44:2, Psalms 68:2, Psalms 114:2-7
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 19:14 - they fled Isaiah 19:1 - the heart Isaiah 19:3 - the spirit
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Why are thy valiant [men] swept away?.... As with a mighty torrent, or a sweeping rain; so the word is used in Proverbs 28:3; to which the Chaldean army may be compared; which came with such irresistible force as to drive the Egyptians from their posts, so that they could not stand their ground. The Septuagint renders it,
"why does Apis flee from thee? thy choice ox does not continue.''
Which was the god of the Egyptians, they worshipped in the form of an ox; this could not protect them, though thought by them to be very mighty and powerful; so Aelianus i says Apis with the Egyptians is believed to be a most powerful deity; yet could not save them; but the word signifies their nobles, their mighty men of war, their generals and officers, at least their valiant soldiers; who yet were not able to stand the tide of power that came against them. The reason was,
because the Lord did drive them; by means of the Chaldeans; he dispirited them; he put them into a panic, and they fled from their posts; there is no standing against the Lord.
i De Animal. l. 11. c. 10.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Translate it: “Why is thy mighty one cast down? He stood not, because Yahweh thrust him down.” The “mighty one” is explained by the Septuagint to be the bull Apis. Thus:
(1) the chief deity of Egypt Jeremiah 46:15;
(2) the army of mercenaries Jeremiah 46:16;
(3) the king, Pharaoh Jeremiah 46:17, are the three upon whom the Egyptians trusted.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 46:15. They stood not, because the Lord did drive them. — The Lord panic-struck them, and drove them back.
