Jeremiah 46:7-8 KJV,ASV

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 46:8

Egypt riseth up, etc. The answer to the question in Jeremiah 46:7 . The city . The article is not expressed; and there can be no doubt that the word is used collectively of cities in general (comp. Jeremiah 47:2 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 46:8

Premature glorying. In this verse and in others we have the vain vauntings of Egypt. Thus far the judgments of God have been declared against his people. Now, having begun at the house of God, judgment goes on to the Gentile nations, one after another of whom are told of in the chapters that succeed this, and ending with the judgment on Babylon. Egypt and Babylon were the two great empires between which unhappy Judaea was "like a nut between the forceps," so that when these two drew... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 46:7

In Jeremiah 46:3-6 we saw only a mighty army marshalling for battle, and its hasty flight. In Jeremiah 46:7-12 the prophet tells us at whose defeat we have been present.A flood - the Nile. The metaphor describing the advance of the Egyptian army is naturally drawn from the annual overflow of their own sacred stream.Whose waters are moved ... - literally, his waters toss to and fro as the rivers, the natural branches of the Nile in Lower Egypt. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 46:7-10

Jeremiah 46:7-10. Who is this that cometh up as a flood Here the king of Egypt is compared to a mighty river, the Nile, or the Euphrates, when it swells above its banks, and threatens to overwhelm the country with ruin and desolation. And he saith I will go up, and will cover the earth With my numerous armies; I will destroy the city Carchemish or Babylon; and the inhabitants thereof Who shall not be able to withstand the powerful force I bring against them. Thus the prophet... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 46:1-12

46:1-51:64 MESSAGES FOR FOREIGN NATIONSAlthough Jeremiah’s main ministry was to Judah, he had also been called to proclaim God’s message to the surrounding nations (see 1:5,10). This section of Jeremiah’s book brings together a number of the messages that the prophet announced to foreign nations during the many years of his ministry (cf. 25:13). By these messages, the prophet shows that as God deals justly with Judah, so he deals justly with Judah’s neighbours.The order in which the messages... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 46:7

as a flood = = as the river: i.e. the Nile, in flood. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 46:8

I will go up. Egypt at this time was so strong that Jeremiah's prophecy seemed most unlikely to come to pass. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 46:7-8

Jeremiah 46:7-8. Who is this, &c.— The prophet speaks of Necho, and represents the grand preparations which he made to go to the succour of Carchemish. He flattered himself that nothing was capable of resisting the force of his arms. Jeremiah compares him to the inundations of the Nile, and this figure is very frequent in Scripture: see Isaiah 8:8; Isaiah 17:12-13.Jeremiah 47:2; Jeremiah 47:2. Instead of, are moved, Jer 46:7-8 we may read, Gush out, or overflow; and Jeremiah 46:9. Mount ye... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 46:7

7. as a flood— (Jeremiah 47:2; Isaiah 8:7; Isaiah 8:8; Daniel 11:22). 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, swelling with arrogance, shall overspread the region south of Euphrates; but it, like the Nile, shall retreat as fast as it advanced. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 46:8

8. Answer to the question in :-. waters . . . moved like the rivers—The rise of the Nile is gentle; but at the mouth it, unlike most rivers, is much agitated, owing to the sandbanks impeding its course, and so it rushes into the sea like a cataract. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 46:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 46:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 46:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 46:7-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 46:1-12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 46:7

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 46:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 46:7-8

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 46:7

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 46:8

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