Jeremiah 46:12

The nations will hear of your devastating defeat. ¹  your cries of distress will echo throughout the earth. In the panic of their flight one soldier will trip over another and both of them will fall down defeated.” ² 

1Sa 5:12; Isa 10:4; Isa 15:5-8; Isa 19:2; Jer 14:2; Jer 46:6; Jer 48:34; Jer 49:21; Jer 51:54; Eze 32:9-12; Na 3:8-10; Zep 1:10

¹ tn Heb “of your shame.” The “shame,” however, applies to the devastating defeat they will suffer.

² tn The words “In the panic of their flight” and “defeated” are not in the text but are supplied in the translation to give clarity to the metaphor for the average reader. The verbs in this verse are all in the tense that emphasizes that the action is viewed as already having been accomplished (i.e., the Hebrew prophetic perfect). This is consistent with the vav consecutive perfects in v. 10 which look to the future.