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Jeremiah 46:5

American Standard Version

Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.

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Jeremiah 46:5 in other translations

Why have I seen it?
They are dismayed and are turned backward.
Their mighty ones are beaten down,
have fled in haste,
and don’t look back.
Terror is on every side,”
says Yahweh.

Jeremiah 46:5 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 46:5 in context

  1. 3Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
  2. 4Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
  3. 5Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.
  4. 6Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
  5. 7Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?