‏ Jeremiah 46:12


12 The nations have heard of your shameful defeat.
tn Heb “of your shame.” The “shame,” however, applies to the devastating defeat they will suffer.

Your cries of distress fill
tn Heb “The earth is full of your cries.”
the earth.
One soldier has stumbled over another,
and both of them have fallen down defeated.”
tn The word “defeated” is added for clarity. The picture is not simply of having fallen down physically; it implies not getting up and therefore being defeated in battle. The verbs in this verse are in the perfect conjugation, translated past tense for the dynamic verbs and present tense for the stative verb (“fill”). This verse speaks from the same perspective as v. 2, which indicates that Egypt has been defeated.
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