Jer 46:11 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. Ver. 11. Go up unto Gilead, and take balm. ] See Jer 8:22 cf. Genesis 37:25 ; q.d., Thy calamity is no less incurable than ignominious. read more
Jer 46:12 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. Ver. 12. The nations have heard of thy shame. ] Of the shameful defeat given thee; so that thou who wast once a terror to them art now a scorn. For the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty. ] And this is the sum of the talk that goeth of thee. read more
Jer 46:13 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come [and] smite the land of Egypt. Ver. 13. The word that the Lord spake. ] Another prophecy, but against Egypt also. God had yet a further quarrel to that country for the death of good Josiah; their delivering up Uriah, God’s faithful servant, to the sword of Jehoiakim; their idolatry, pride, perfidy, &c. How Nebuchadnezzar … should come and smite the land of Egypt.] In the... read more
Jer 46:14 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. Ver. 14. Publish in Noph, and in Tahpanhes. ] See Jeremiah 44:1 . For the sword shall devour roundabout thee. ] Egypt was no whit amended by the former discomfiture at Carchemish; therefore is now wholly subdued by the Babylonian conqueror, about three and twenty years after. And the like befell the Greek empire,... read more
Jer 46:15 Why are thy valiant [men] swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them. Ver. 15. They stood not, because the Lord did drive them. ] He struck a panic terror into them; and then no wonder that men flee at the noise of a shaken leaf. read more
Jer 46:16 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. Ver. 16. Yea, one fell upon another. ] See Jeremiah 46:12 . In a confused flight it is wont so to be. And they said. ] The auxiliary and stipendiary soldiers said so, when once they saw that there was no good to be done for the Egyptians, Nebuchadnezzar having so wasted all. read more
Jer 46:17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt [is but] a noise; he hath passed the time appointed. Ver. 17. Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise, ] a A mere flash, one that vaunteth and vapoureth, and that is all. So of Charles VIII, King of France, Guicciardini saith, that in his expedition to Naples he came into the field like thunder and lightning, but went out like a snuff; more than a man at first, and less than a woman at last. He hath passed the time appointed. ] He let slip his... read more
Jeremiah 46:18 [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. Ver. 18. As I live. ] Formula iurandi elliptica, et Deo propria. Let none presume to swear in that sort. Surely as Tabor is among the mountains. ] As Tabor surmounts and commandeth the little hills round about it, and Carmel the adjoining sea, over which it hangeth a promontory, so shall Nebuchadnezzar come into Egypt and... read more
Jer 46:19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. Ver. 19. O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt. ] But not likely to dwell long there. Furnish thyself to go into captivity. ] Heb., Make thee instruments or implements of captivity. Sarcinis reculisque collectis, prepare to be packing. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 46:10
Jer 46:10 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. Ver. 10. For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts. ] See Isaiah 34:5-8 . read more