Jeremiah 46:17
in Jeremiah 46There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.
KJV
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
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This verse in Jeremiah 46
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Translate it with the versions: “They have called (or, Call ye) the name of Pharaoh king of Egypt - A noise: he hath overstepped the appointed time.” For this custom of giving prophetic names see Jer 20:3; Isa 8:3, ... The words mean that Pharaoh is a mere empty sound, and that he has allowed the years of prosperity, which he enjoyed at the beginning of his reign, to pass by; having misused them, nothing now remains but his ruin.
This site's exposition
about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt
on Jeremiah 46:13-19
This second oracle foretells Nebuchadnezzar’s invasion of Egypt. It names Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes, the towns where the Jews of 44:1 had settled, so the judgment reaches the refuge they chose. The invader comes “like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea,” landmarks seen from far off.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
); he can hector, and talk big of the mighty things he would do, but that is all; he brings nothing to pass. All his promises to those in alliance with him, or that are employed for him, vanish into smoke.
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They did cry there,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Prophecy of the invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place sixteen years after the taking of Jerusalem. Having spent thirteen years in the siege of Tyre, and having obtained nothing for his pains, he is promised by God Egypt for his reward in humbling Tyre (Eze 29:17-20;
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A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
there--in their own country severally, the foreign soldiers (Jer 46:16) cry, "Pharaoh is," &c. but a noise--He threatens great things, but when the need arises, he does nothing. His threats are mere "noise" (compare 1Co 13:1). MAURER translates, "is ruined," literally (in appropriate abruptness of language), "Pharaoh, king . . . ruin." The context favors English Version.
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They did cry there - Dr. Blayney translates this cry thus: - - “O Pharaoh, king of Egypt, A tumult hath frustrated the appointed meeting.” These allies sent their excuse to Pharaoh, that the disasters they had met with had prevented them from joining him as they had intended.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קָרְא֖וּ | kareu | people will call out | H7121 → | 733 times |
| שָׁ֑ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֤ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| שָׁא֔וֹן | shaon | [is] a noise | H7588 → | 18 times |
| הֶעֱבִ֖יר | heevir | he has let pass by | H5674 → | 556 times |
| הַמּוֹעֵֽד׃ | hamoed | the appointed time | H4150 → |
קָרְא֖וּpeople will call out
kareuH7121 →733 times
שָׁ֑םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
פַּרְעֹ֤הPharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙Egypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
שָׁא֔וֹן[is] a noise
shaonH7588 →18 times
הֶעֱבִ֖ירhe has let pass by
heevirH5674 →556 times
הַמּוֹעֵֽד׃the appointed time
hamoedH4150 →
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
Ezekiel 29:3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says,…
it leads to
- Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
- Ezekiel 32:2
“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash…
- Jeremiah 44:30
This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into…
- Ezekiel 29:9–10
The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’
- Isaiah 27:1
Through
Exodus 15:9The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
it leads to
- Judges 5:30
‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
- Exodus 14:5
When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
- Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the…
- Judges 5:30
Through
1 Kings 20:10Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
it leads to
- 1 Kings 19:2
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those…
- 1 Kings 19:2
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.