The Meaning of Jeremiah 46:15 Explained

Jeremiah 46:15

KJV: Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.

YLT: Wherefore hath thy bull been swept away? He hath not stood, because Jehovah thrust him away.

Darby: Why are thy valiants swept away? They stood not, for Jehovah did thrust them down.

ASV: Why are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because Jehovah did drive them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Why are thy valiant  [men] swept away?  they stood  not, because the LORD  did drive  them. 

What does Jeremiah 46:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 46

1  Jeremiah prophesies the overthrow of Pharaoh's army at Euphrates
13  and the conquest of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar
27  He comforts Jacob in his chastisement

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 46:15 mean?

Why are swept away your mighty [men] not they did stand because Yahweh drove them away
מַדּ֖וּעַ ؟ נִסְחַ֣ף אַבִּירֶ֑יךָ לֹ֣א עָמַ֔ד כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה הֲדָפֽוֹ

מַדּ֖וּעַ  Why 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: מַדּוּעַ  
Sense: why?, on what account?, wherefore?.
؟ נִסְחַ֣ף  are  swept  away 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חַף 
Sense: to prostrate, beat down.
אַבִּירֶ֑יךָ  your  mighty  [men] 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אַבִּיר  
Sense: mighty, valiant.
עָמַ֔ד  they  did  stand 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
כִּ֥י  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
הֲדָפֽוֹ  drove  them  away 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: הָדַף  
Sense: to thrust, push, drive, cast away, cast out, expel, thrust away.