Jeremiah 46:3 ““Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!”

Jeremiah 46:3

“Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

World English Bible

“Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!

American Standard Version

Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

Geneva Bible 1599

Make readie buckler and shielde, and goe forth to battell.

Darby Translation

Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!

Young's Literal Translation

'Set ye in array shield and buckler, And draw nigh to battle.

Bible in Basic English

Get out the breastplate and body-cover, and come together to the fight.

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Cross references

“Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.”

Isaiah 21:5 Joel 3:9 Nahum 2:1 Nahum 3:14 Jeremiah 51:11 Jeremiah 51:12

Isaiah 21:5 · BSB

They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!

Joel 3:9 · BSB

Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!

Nahum 2:1 · BSB

One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!

Nahum 3:14 · BSB

Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

Jeremiah 51:11 · BSB

Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD— vengeance for His temple.

Jeremiah 51:12 · BSB

Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:

4Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!

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