KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Jeremiah 46:16
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’
WEB World English Bible
He made many to stumble, yes, they fell one on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.
ASV American Standard Version
He made many to stumble, yea, they fell one 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He hath multiplied the stumbling, Yea one hath fallen upon his neighbour, And they say: Rise, and we turn back to our people, And unto the land of our birth, Because of the oppressing sword.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 46
13 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come [and] smite the land of Egypt.
14 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.
15 Why are thy valiant [men] swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.
16 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.
17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt [is but] a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
18 [As] I live, saith the King, whose name [is] the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor [is] among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, [so] shall he come.
19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
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הִרְבָּ֖הH7235 · ra.vahto multiplyכּוֹשֵׁ֑לH3782 · ka.shalto stumbleגַּם־H1571 · gamalsoנָפַ֞לH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)רֵעֵ֗הוּH7453 · re.aneighborוַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙H559 · a.marto sayק֣וּמָה׀H6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiוְנָשֻׁ֣בָהH7725 · shuvto return: returnאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)עַמֵּ֗נוּH5971 · ampeopleוְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֶ֙רֶץ֙H776 · e.retsland: country/planetמֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֔נוּH4138 · mo.le.detrelativesמִפְּנֵ֖יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeחֶ֥רֶבH2719 · che.revswordהַיּוֹנָֽה׃H3238 · ya.nahto oppress
Cross-references
Leviticus 26:36-37And upon them that are left [alive] of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.Jeremiah 51:9We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up [even] to the skies.Jeremiah 50:16Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.Jeremiah 46:21Also her hired men [are] in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, [and] are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, [and] the time of their visitation.Jeremiah 46:6Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
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