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Verse Jeremiah 46:20. _EGYPT_ IS LIKE _A VERY FAIR HEIFER_] Fruitful
and useful; but destruction cometh out of the north, from Chaldea. It
may be that there is an allusion here to _Isis_, worshipped i...
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IS LIKE - Or, is. Her god was the steer Apis Jeremiah 46:15, and she
is the spouse.
BUT DESTRUCTION COMETH; IT COMETH OUT OF THE NORTH - More probably,
“a gadfly from the north has come upon her.” Thi...
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IV. THE PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE GENTILE NATIONS
CHAPTER 46
Concerning Egypt
_ 1. Prophecy about Pharaoh-Necho (Jeremiah 46:1) _
2. Nebuchadnezzar's invasion of Egypt (Jeremiah 46:13)
3. A messa...
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JEREMIAH 46-51. THE FOREIGN PROPHECIES. These form the third principal
division of the Book of Jeremiah. As already seen (Jeremiah 1:5;
Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 25:15), Jeremiah's prophetic horizon nat...
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HEIFER. Probably an allusion to _Apis_, the sacred bull.
DESTRUCTION. piercing. Hebrew. _kerez._ Occurs only here. Revised
Version margin suggests gadfly. If it be so, the attack is on the
heifer.
C...
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Oracles against foreign nations
Many recent commentators, in particular Schwally (Stade's
_Zeitschrift für Alttestamentl. Wissenschaft_for 1888), maintain that
the whole or a considerable part of the...
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See introd. note to the ch. and summary. Gi. rejects as later all that
follows Jeremiah 46:12 as involving repetitions, looseness of
structure, and vagueness in style, criticisms which (see note on
Je...
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This simile for Egypt may be suggested by Apis the bull god. See on
Jeremiah 5:16.
but _destruction out of the north is come_ better, as mg. _the
gadfly_. This rendering of the word (not found elsewh...
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EGYPT IS LIKE A VERY FAIR HEIFER— _Egypt is a fair and elegant
heifer: the drivers shall come upon her from the north:_ Jeremiah
46:21. _For her hired men, who in the midst of her were like fatted
bul...
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II. THE SECOND ORACLE CONCERNING EGYPT Jeremiah 46:13-26
The second poem concerning Egypt points to an invasion of that land by
Nebuchadnezzar (Jeremiah 46:13). It is impossible to ascertain the
date...
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B. The Consequences of Invasion Jeremiah 46:20-26
TRANSLATION
(20) A very beautiful heifer is Egypt. A gadfly from the north has
come against her. (21) Also her hirelings in the midst of her are like...
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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...
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AGAINST EGYPT
1. Against the Gentiles] RV 'concerning the nations 'around....
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_Is like_] RV 'is.'This probably is an allusion to the sacred bull
Apis, worshipped at Memphis. DESTRUCTION] RM 'the gadfly.' THE NORTH]
i.e. Chaldea....
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EGYPT IS LIKE A VERY FAIR HEIFER. — The similitude points, like the
“strong one” of Jeremiah 46:15, to the Apis worship of Egypt. The
nation is like its god. The figure is continued in the words that...
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עֶגְלָ֥ה יְפֵֽה ־פִיָּ֖ה מִצְרָ֑יִם
קֶ֥רֶץ מִ...
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CHAPTER XVII
EGYPT
Jeremiah 43:8, Jeremiah 44:30, Jeremiah 46:1
"I will visit Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods and
their kings: even Pharaoh and all them that trust in him....
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The third and last section of the division containing the account of
the prophet's ministry is occupied with his messages concerning the
nations.
The first of these has to do with Egypt, and consists...
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_Goad her. Nabuchodonosor shall subdue the country._...
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If the Reader will compare scripture with scripture, which is always
the most profitable way of reading the word of God; he will find, that
what Jeremiah is here engaged in, Isaiah had been before him...
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Jeremiah intimates here, that though Egypt indulged in pleasures, it
could not yet escape the vengeance of God. We reminded you yesterday
why the Prophets mentioned the wealth, the riches, and the pow...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51.
Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already
mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies
against t...
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EGYPT [IS LIKE] A VERY FAIR HEIFER,.... Like a heifer that has never
been under a yoke, it having never been conquered, and brought under
the power of another; and like a beautiful, fat, and well fed...
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Egypt [is like] a very fair heifer, [but] destruction cometh; it
cometh out of the north.
Ver. 20. _Egypt is like a very fair heifer._] _Vitula elegans,_ a trim
bullock; _a_ worshipping Apis the bull...
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_Egypt is like a very fair heifer_ “In the foregoing verse the
prophet compared Egypt to a delicate young woman. Here he resembles
her to a fat and well-favoured heifer. In which comparison, as Grotiu...
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Egypt is like a very fair heifer, occupying a fine and fertile land
and therefore well nourished, BUT DESTRUCTION COMETH; IT COMETH OUT OF
THE NORTH, the direction from which the Chaldeans would appro...
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THE SECOND PROPHECY AGAINST EGYPT...
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13-28 Those who encroached on others, shall now be themselves
encroached on. Egypt is now like a very fair heifer, not accustomed to
the yoke of subjection; but destruction comes out of the north: the...
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That is, Egypt is now in a thriving, prosperous condition, having not
used to be under any yoke, like a heifer that is fair and fat; but she
will not be so long, she is but as a beast fatted for the s...
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Jeremiah 46:20 Egypt H4714 pretty H3304 heifer H5697 destruction H7171
comes H935 (H8804) comes H935 (H8804) nort
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B). ORACLE CONCERNING NEBUCHADREZZAR'S LATER PENETRATION INTO EGYPT
WHICH WILL NOT HOWEVER BE TERMINAL (JEREMIAH 46:13).
This prophecy here has in mind a much later excursion of
Nebuchadrezzar against...
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CONTENTS: Prophecies against Egypt.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Pharaoh-Necho, Nebuchadrezzar.
CONCLUSION: When men think to magnify themselves by pushing on
unrighteous enterprises, let them expect...
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Jeremiah 46:1. _The Gentiles._ The succeeding six Chapter s ought to
have followed the twenty fifth chapter of this book, as they do in the
Vatican and Alexandrian copies of the Septuagint.
Jeremiah 4...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 46:1 God’s Judgment on the Nations.
Jeremiah has already declared God’s sovereignty over the nations
(Jeremiah 27:1). Here he describes God
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE
CHAPTER.—_FIRST PART:_ Jeremiah 46:1, in the fourth year of
Jehoiakim; written _at Jerusalem,_ immediately before the battle of
Charchemish. This se...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter, the first of a series, consists of two prophecies
united, though it is probable enough that the latter was intended to
supplement the former, for Jeremiah 46:2 are clearly inc...
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Let's turn now in our Bibles to Jeremiah 46:1-28.
Beginning with chapter 45 we came into the sixth part or section of
the book of Jeremiah. And this sixth section is comprised of
miscellaneous prophec...
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Hosea 10:11; Jeremiah 1:14; Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 46:10; Jeremia
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A serpent — Egypt is now like an heifer that makes a great
bellowing, but the time shall come when she shall make a lesser noise
like the hissing of a serpent. With axes — For the Chaldeans shall
come...