The Meaning of Jeremiah 46:3 Explained

Jeremiah 46:3

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Jeremiah 46:3 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 46:3 mean?

Order the buckler and shield and draw near to battle
עִרְכ֤וּ מָגֵן֙ וְצִנָּ֔ה וּגְשׁ֖וּ לַמִּלְחָמָֽה

עִרְכ֤וּ  Order 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: עָרַךְ  
Sense: to arrange, set or put or lay in order, set in array, prepare, order, ordain, handle, furnish, esteem, equal, direct, compare.
מָגֵן֙  the  buckler 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: מָגֵן 
Sense: shield, buckler.
וְצִנָּ֔ה  and  shield 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: צִנָּה 
Sense: something piercing, hook, barb.
וּגְשׁ֖וּ  and  draw  near 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: נָגַשׁ  
Sense: to draw near, approach.
לַמִּלְחָמָֽה  to  battle 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִלְחָמָה  
Sense: battle, war.