The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; He begins with Egypt, being the country to which he had been removed. Jeremiah 46:1 contains two prophecies concerning it-the discomfiture of Pharaoh-necho at Carchemish, by Nebuchadnezzar, and the long subsequent conqu... [ Continue Reading ]
Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. Inscription of the first prophecy. PHARAOH-NECHO. He, when going against Car... [ Continue Reading ]
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. Derisive summons to battle. With all your mighty preparation for the invasion of Nebuchadnezzar, when ye come to the encounter ye shall be "dismayed" (). Your mighty threats shall end in nothing. BUCKLER - smaller, and carried by the lig... [ Continue Reading ]
Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. HARNESS THE HORSES - namely, to the war-chariots, for which Egypt was famed (; ). GET UP, YE HORSEMEN - get up into the chariots. Maurer, because of the parallel "hor... [ Continue Reading ]
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. WHEREFORE HAVE I SEEN THEM DISMAYED (note, ). The language of astonishment that an army so well equipped should be dri... [ Continue Reading ]
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. LET NOT THE SWIFT FLEE AWAY - equivalent to the strongest negation. Let not any of the Egyptian warriors think to escape by swiftness or by might. THEY SHALL ... FALL T... [ Continue Reading ]
Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? WHO IS THIS THAT COMETH UP AS A FLOOD - (; Isaiah 8:7; ). The figure is appropriate in addressing Egyptians, as the Nile, their great river, yearly overspreads their lands with a turbid, muddy flood. So their army, swel... [ Continue Reading ]
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. EGYPT RISETH UP LIKE A FLOOD - answer to the question in . HIS WATERS ARE MOVED LIKE THE RIVERS. The rise of the Ni... [ Continue Reading ]
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. COME UP, YE HORSES ... LET THE MIGHTY MEN COME FORTH - ironical exhortation, as in . The Egyptians, owing to the he... [ Continue Reading ]
For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. FOR THIS IS ..... [ Continue Reading ]
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured. GO UP INTO GILEAD, AND TAKE BALM - (note, ) namely, for curing the wounds; but no medicine will avail, so desperate shall be the slaughter. VIRGIN. Egypt is so... [ Continue Reading ]
The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together. THE MIGHTY MAN HATH STUMBLED AGAINST THE MIGHTY, AND THEY ARE FALLEN BOTH TOGETHER - their very multitude shall prove an impediment in th... [ Continue Reading ]
The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt. THE WORD THAT THE LORD SPARE TO JEREMIAH ... HOW NEBUCHADNEZZAR ... SHOULD ... SMITE ... EGYPT - prophecy of the invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place 16... [ Continue Reading ]
Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee. DECLARE YE IN EGYPT, AND PUBLISH - as if giving sentence from a tribunal. MIGDOL ... NOPH ... TAHPANHES - East, South, and North.... [ Continue Reading ]
Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them. WHY ARE THY VALIANT MEN. Manuscripts, the Septuagint, and Vulgate read ['ªbiyrªkaa] 'thy valiant one,' Apis, the bull-shaped Egyptian idol worshipped at Noph or Memphis. The contrast thus is between the palpable... [ Continue Reading ]
He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. HE-YAHWEH-MADE MANY TO FALL - literally, multiplied the faller, i:e., fallers. ONE FELL UPON ANOTHER - (; ) even before the... [ Continue Reading ]
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed. THEY DID CRY THERE - in their own country severally, the foreign soldiers (Jeremiah 46:16) cry, "Pharaoh king of Egypt is," etc. BUT A NOISE. He threatens great things, but when the need arises he does... [ Continue Reading ]
As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come. AS TABOR IS AMONG THE MOUNTAINS, AND AS CARMEL BY THE SEA, SO SHALL HE COME - as the mountains Tabor and Carmel tower high above the other hills of Pales... [ Continue Reading ]
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. FURNISH THYSELF - literally, make for thyself vessels (namely, to contain food and other necessaries for the journey) for captivity. DAUGHTER - so in . DWELLING... [ Continue Reading ]
Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north. EGYPT IS LIKE AS VERY FAIR HEIFER - wanton, like a fat untamed heifer (). Appropriate to Egypt, where Apis was worshipped under the form of a fair bull marked with spots. BUT DESTRUCTION - i:e., a destroyer ... [ Continue Reading ]
Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation. HER HIRED MEN ARE IN THE MIDST OF HER LIKE FATTED BULLOCKS; FOR T... [ Continue Reading ]
The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. THE VOICE THEREOF SHALL GO LIKE A SERPENT - the cry of Egypt, when invaded, shall be like the hissing of a serpent roused by the woodcutters from its lair. No longer s... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. THEY SHALL CUT DOWN HER FOREST - (, "He shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one"). THOUGH IT CANN... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE DAUGHTER OF EGYPT SHALL BE CONFOUNDED; SHE SHALL BE DELIVERED INTO THE HAND OF THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTH._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: I WILL PUNISH THE MULTITUDE OF NO. The Hebrew for "multitude" is 'Amon' (Nahum 3:8, margin, 'No-amon'), t... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD. AFTERWARD IT SHALL BE INHABITED. Under Cyrus, forty years afte... [ Continue Reading ]
But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. FEAR NOT THOU, O MY SERVANT JACOB ... FOR BEHOLD I... [ Continue Reading ]