Jeremiah 46:12

“The nations have heard of thy shame, etc.] Their shameful defeat and overthrow by the Chaldean army; so, after the manner of prophecy, the thing is related as done; the battle fought, and the victory obtained; and the rumour and fame of it spread among the nations, to the great mortification of this proud people: and thy cry hath filled the land; the shrieks of the wounded; the cry of the pursued and taken; the lamentation of friends and relations for their dead; with one thing or another of this kind the whole land of Egypt was filled; yea, all the countries round about them, in confederacy with them, were filled with distress for the loss of their own; the calamity was large and spreading,…”

“mighty . . . stumbled against . . . mighty . . . fallen both together--Their very multitude shall prove an impediment in their confused flight, one treading on the other.”

“The land - The earth; the world rings with the cry of grief. Against the mighty - Against the mighty man, i. e., one mighty man against another. The champions hired to fight Egypt’s battle get in one another’s way, and so are slaughtered together. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Stumbled - Stumbling one upon another, so that both those that went before, and those who followed after, should fall together. Jeremiah 46:14”

“heard: Eze 32:9-12; Nah 3:8-10 thy cry: Jer 14:2, Jer 48:34, Jer 49:21, Jer 51:54; Sa1 5:12; Isa 15:5-8; Zep 1:10 stumbled: Jer 46:6; Isa 10:4, Isa 19:2 Jeremiah 46:13”