Jeremiah 46:22
What does Jeremiah 46:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 46:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with axes, like wood-cutters.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Its voice as a serpent goeth on, For with a force they go, And with axes they have come in to her, As hewers of trees.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Her voice shall sound like brass, for they shall hasten with an army, and with axes they shall come against her, as hewers of wood.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Her voice shall go like a serpent's; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Context
v.21Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand: for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.
v.22This passage
v.23They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 10:33
Behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will lop the boughs with terror: and the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low.
- Isaiah 14:8
Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid low, no hewer is come up against us.
- Isaiah 37:24
By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;
- Zechariah 11:2
Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down.
- Micah 7:16
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.
- Isaiah 10:15
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.
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