Jeremiah 46:4 - Exposition

Harness the horses; viz. to the war chariots, for which Egypt was famous (comp. Exodus 14:6 , Exodus 14:9 ; 1 Kings 10:28 , 1 Kings 10:29 : Isaiah 31:1 ). Get up, ye horsemen. An equally possible rendering, and one which better suits the parallelism, is, "mount the chargers." Put on the brigandines. "Brigandine" is an archaic word (Hakluyt's 'Voyages'), meaning the armour of a "brigand "or member of a "brigade," or "troop" (comp. Italian, brigata ) . The Hebrew word means "coats of mail."