Jeremiah 46:19
in Jeremiah 46Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.
KJV
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
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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)
Literally, “O thou inhabitant daughter of Egypt,” an equivalent here for Egypt and its whole population. Furnish thyself ... - literally, make for thee vessels of banishment, not merely the packages necessary, but their outfit generally.
This site's exposition
how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt
on Jeremiah 46:13-19
This second oracle turns from Carchemish to a later invasion of Egypt's own soil, and the cities it names, Migdol, Noph and Tahpanhes, are the very towns where the fleeing remnant of Judah had carried Jeremiah after Gedaliah's murder (43:7), so the judgment reaches Israel's chosen refuge along with Egypt's own people. Tabor among the mountains and Carmel by the sea, both unmistakable landmarks visible for miles, supply the simile for an invader whose coming cannot be missed. Noph, the city of Memphis, is told plainly that it shall be waste and without an inhabitant.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt,....
Noph particularly shall be desolate, without an inhabitant, so general shall the slaughter and the captivity be. There are some penalties which, we say, the king and the multitude are exempted from, but here even these are obnoxious: The multitude of No shall be punished: it is called populous No, Nah. iii.
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
furnish thyself--literally, "make for thyself vessels" (namely, to contain food and other necessaries for the journey) for captivity. daughter--so in Jer 46:11. dwelling in Egypt--that is, the inhabitants of Egypt, the Egyptians, represented as the daughter of Egypt (Jer 48:18;
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Furnish thyself to go into captivity - The thing is unavoidable; prepare for this calamity.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כְּלֵ֤י | kelei | baggage<s> of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| גוֹלָה֙ | golah | exile | H1473 → | 43 times |
| עֲשִׂ֣י | ʾasi | make | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לָ֔ךְ | lakh | for <the> yourself | ||
| יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת | yoshevet | O inhabitant[s] | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בַּת־ | bat- | <of> [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| נֹף֙ | nof | Memphis | H5297 → | 7 times |
| לְשַׁמָּ֣ה | leshamah | <into> a waste | H8047 → | 39 times |
| תִֽהְיֶ֔ה | tihyeh | it will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| וְנִצְּתָ֖ה | venitzetah | and it will be made desolate | H3341 → | 29 times |
| מֵאֵ֥ין | meein | from not | H369 → | 789 times |
| יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ ס | yoshev | inhabitant | H3427 → | 1079 times |
כְּלֵ֤יbaggage<s> of
keleiH3627 →325 times
גוֹלָה֙exile
golahH1473 →43 times
עֲשִׂ֣יmake
ʾasiH6213 →2628 times
לָ֔ךְfor <the> yourself
lakh
יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶתO inhabitant[s]
yoshevetH3427 →1079 times
בַּת־<of> [the] daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
נֹף֙Memphis
nofH5297 →7 times
לְשַׁמָּ֣ה<into> a waste
leshamahH8047 →39 times
תִֽהְיֶ֔הit will become
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
וְנִצְּתָ֖הand it will be made desolate
venitzetahH3341 →29 times
מֵאֵ֥יןfrom not
meeinH369 →789 times
יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ סinhabitant
yoshevH3427 →1079 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 44:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:
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.
- Isaiah 11:11
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and…
- Exodus 14:2
“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
- Jeremiah 46:14
Through
Zephaniah 2:5Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 25:16
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.
- Jeremiah 47:7
How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
- Ezekiel 25:16
Through
Isaiah 20:4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
it leads to
- Isaiah 19:4
I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
- Isaiah 19:4
Through
Jeremiah 48:18Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
it leads to
- Numbers 21:30
But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
- Isaiah 47:1
“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
- Numbers 21:30
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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.