Jeremiah 46:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward. Their warriors are beaten down, and have fled in haste; they look not back— terror on every side! says the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward, and their mighty warriors are beaten down. They flee in haste and look not back; terror is on every side! says the Lord. [Ps. 31:13; Jer. 6:25; 20:3, 10; 49:29.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ 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.

Common English Bible

⁵ Why do I see them terrified, retreating in haste? Their soldiers are crushed, running for cover, and they don’t turn back. Panic lurks at every turn, declares the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And what is next? I have seen them terrified, and turning their backs, their strong ones cut down. They have fled in disorder and have not looked back. Terror on every side, says the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ What then? I have seen them dismayed and turning their backs, their valiant ones slain. They fled apace and they looked not back: terror was round about, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 46:5 Cross References

Genesis 19:17

And when they had brought them forth, they said, “Flee for your life; do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley; flee to the hills, lest you be consumed.”

Isaiah 13:8

and they will be dismayed. Pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in travail. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame.

Isaiah 19:16

In that day the Egyptians will be like women, and tremble with fear before the hand which the Lord of hosts shakes over them.

Isaiah 42:17

They shall be turned back and utterly put to shame, who trust in graven images, who say to molten images, “You are our gods.”

Isaiah 5:25

Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and smote them, and the mountains quaked; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! “Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, watching for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived, then we can overcome him, and take our revenge on him.”

Jeremiah 46:15

Why has Apis fled? Why did not your bull stand? Because the Lord thrust him down.

Jeremiah 46:21

Even her hired soldiers in her midst are like fatted calves; yea, they have turned and fled together, they did not stand; for the day of their calamity has come upon them, the time of their punishment.

Jeremiah 49:29

Their tents and their flocks shall be taken, their curtains and all their goods; their camels shall be borne away from them, and men shall cry to them: ‘Terror on every side!’

Jeremiah 49:5

Behold, I will bring terror upon you, says the Lord God of hosts, from all who are round about you, and you shall be driven out, every man straight before him, with none to gather the fugitives.

Jeremiah 6:25

Go not forth into the field, nor walk on the road; for the enemy has a sword, terror is on every side.

Ezekiel 32:10

I will make many peoples appalled at you, and their kings shall shudder because of you, when I brandish my sword before them; they shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.

Ezekiel 39:18

You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth—of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

Nahum 2:8

Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. “Halt! Halt!” they cry; but none turns back.

Nahum 2:9

Plunder the silver, plunder the gold! There is no end of treasure, or wealth of every precious thing.

Zephaniah 1:14

The great day of the Lord is near, near and hastening fast; the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter, the mighty man cries aloud there.