Jeremiah 46:12 New English Translation
12 The nations have heard of your shameful defeat.[a]
Your cries of distress fill[b] the earth.
One soldier has stumbled over another
and both of them have fallen down defeated.”[c]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 46:12 tn Heb “of your shame.” The “shame,” however, applies to the devastating defeat they will suffer.
- Jeremiah 46:12 tn Heb “The earth is full of your cries.”
- Jeremiah 46:12 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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