Jeremiah 46:10
in Jeremiah 46For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For that day is a day of the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Jeremiah 46
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA prophecy of the descent which Nebuchadnezzar should make upon the land of Egypt, and his success in it, which was accomplished some years after the destruction of Jerusalem,
This site's exposition
Who is this, rising like the Nile
on Jeremiah 46:7-12
Egypt pictures itself “rising like the Nile,” boasting, “I will rise and cover the earth.” The oracle turns the flood into “a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.” Verse 11 sends Egypt “to Gilead for balm,” echoing 8:22, but “for you there is no healing.”
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
They meant one thing, but God meant another; they designed it for the advancement of their dignity and the enlargement of their dominion, but God designed it for the great abasement and weakening of their kingdom. It is a day of vengeance for Josiah's death; it is a day of sacrifice to divine justice, to which multitudes of the sinners of Egypt shall fall as victims.
For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
vengeance--for the slaughter of Josiah (2Ki 23:29). sword shall devour . . . be . . . drunk--poetical personification (De 32:42). a sacrifice-- (Isa 34:6; The slaughter of the Egyptians is represented as a sacrifice to satiate His righteous vengeance.
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For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts - The prophet represents this as a mighty sacrifice, where innumerable victims were slain.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Rather, But that “day belongeth to the Lord Yahweh of hosts.” They march forth in haughty confidence, but that day, the day to which they are looking forward in proud hope of victory, is Yahweh’s day, a day on which they will be the victims sacrificed in His honor.
The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְֽהַיּ֨וֹם | vehaiyom | and the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַה֜וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| לַאדֹנָ֧י | ladonai | [belongs] to [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| צְבָא֗וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| י֤וֹם | yom | a day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| נְקָמָה֙ | nekamah | vengeance | H5360 → | 27 times |
| לְהִנָּקֵ֣ם | lehinakem | to avenge himself | H5358 → | 35 times |
| מִצָּרָ֔יו | mitzarav | from opponents his | H6862 → | 109 times |
| וְאָכְלָ֥ה | veakhelah | and it will devour | H398 → | 810 times |
| חֶ֙רֶב֙ | cherev | [the] sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| וְשָׂ֣בְעָ֔ה | vesaveah | and it will be satisfied | H7646 → | 97 times |
| וְרָוְתָ֖ה | veravetah | and it will take its fill | H7301 → | 14 times |
| מִדָּמָ֑ם | midamam | from blood their | H1818 → | 360 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| זֶ֠בַח | zevach | a sacrifice | H2077 → | 162 times |
| לַאדֹנָ֨י | ladonai | of [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִ֧ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| צְבָא֛וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| בְּאֶ֥רֶץ | beeretz | [will be] in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| צָפ֖וֹן | tzafon | [the] north | H6828 → | 153 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| נְהַר־ | nehar- | [the] river of | H5104 → | 119 times |
| פְּרָֽת׃ | perat | Euphrates | H6578 → | 19 times |
וְֽהַיּ֨וֹםand the day
vehaiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַה֜וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
לַאדֹנָ֧י[belongs] to [the] Lord
ladonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
צְבָא֗וֹתof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
י֤וֹםa day of
yomH3117 →2304 times
נְקָמָה֙vengeance
nekamahH5360 →27 times
לְהִנָּקֵ֣םto avenge himself
lehinakemH5358 →35 times
מִצָּרָ֔יוfrom opponents his
mitzaravH6862 →109 times
וְאָכְלָ֥הand it will devour
veakhelahH398 →810 times
חֶ֙רֶב֙[the] sword
cherevH2719 →413 times
וְשָׂ֣בְעָ֔הand it will be satisfied
vesaveahH7646 →97 times
וְרָוְתָ֖הand it will take its fill
veravetahH7301 →14 times
מִדָּמָ֑םfrom blood their
midamamH1818 →360 times
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
זֶ֠בַחa sacrifice
zevachH2077 →162 times
לַאדֹנָ֨יof [the] Lord
ladonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִ֧הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
צְבָא֛וֹתof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ[will be] in [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
צָפ֖וֹן[the] north
tzafonH6828 →153 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
נְהַר־[the] river of
nehar-H5104 →119 times
פְּרָֽת׃Euphrates
peratH6578 →19 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 46:2concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 46:14
“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 23:29
At the end of Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him…
- Jeremiah 46:14
Through
Joel 1:15Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
it leads to
- Isaiah 13:6–9
Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- Zephaniah 1:14–18
The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.
- Jeremiah 30:7
How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
- Ezekiel 7:2–12
“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
- Isaiah 13:6–9
Through
Jeremiah 46:6“The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.
it leads to
- Daniel 11:19
After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.
- Daniel 11:19
Through
Deuteronomy 32:42I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:23
I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
- Deuteronomy 32:23
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.