King James Version
Jeremiah 46:15 in the King James Version says “Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 46 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.”
Jeremiah 46:15 · KJV
The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.
He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. made: Heb. multiplied the faller
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“they stood”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“not because the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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