Jeremiah 2:16

Noph] probably Memphis, the capital of northern (lower) Egypt. Tahapanes] the classic Daphnæ, an Egyptian fortress on the E. frontier of Lower Egypt. It is again mentioned (Jeremiah 43:7) as the future scene of the acknowledgment of Nebuchadnezzar's supremacy over Egypt. The sense of the v. is, Egypt is God's instrument for punishing Judah. Have broken] RM 'fed on,' so as to make it bald; a disgrace.