Jeremiah 46:24
in Jeremiah 46The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
KJV
The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
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This verse in Jeremiah 46
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Egypt is a beautiful heifer
on Jeremiah 46:20-26
“Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her,” and her mercenaries “are like fattened calves” who flee. The LORD will punish “Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh,” yet verse 26 ends, “Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old.”
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), shall be filled with astonishment. Their voice shall go like a serpent, that is, it shall be very low and submissive; they shall not low like a fair heifer, that makes a great noise, but hiss out of their holes like serpents.
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), into the hand not only of Nebuchadnezzar that mighty potentate, but into the hands of his servants, according to the curse on Ham's posterity, of which the Egyptians were, that they should be the servants of servants. These seek their lives, and into their hands they shall be delivered. An intimation is given that in process of time Egypt shall recover itself again (
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The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded,.... Brought to shame before all the nations of the earth, being conquered by the Chaldeans; that is, the kingdom of Egypt, as the Targum; or the inhabitants of it, being subdued and carried captive: she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north; the Chaldeans, who dwelt northward of Egypt, as is manifest from what follows.
The Nineteenth Century2 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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The hand or the people of the north - The Chaldeans.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The daughter ... - i. e., the inhabitants “of Egypt shall be disgraced.”
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הֹבִ֖ישָׁה | hovishah | it will be put to shame | H954 → | 127 times |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| נִתְּנָ֖ה | nitenah | it will be given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בְּיַ֥ד | beyad | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| עַם־ | ʾam- | [the] people of | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| צָפֽוֹן׃ | tzafon | [the] north | H6828 → | 153 times |
הֹבִ֖ישָׁהit will be put to shame
hovishahH954 →127 times
בַּת־[the] daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
נִתְּנָ֖הit will be given
nitenahH5414 →2011 times
בְּיַ֥דin [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
עַם־[the] people of
ʾam-H5971 →1873 times
צָפֽוֹן׃[the] north
tzafonH6828 →153 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
Psalms 137:8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
it leads to
- Revelation 18:6
Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
- Isaiah 14:4–24
you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
- Jeremiah 25:12–14
But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting…
- Isaiah 47:1–15
“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.
- Revelation 18:6
Through
Jeremiah 46:11Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
- Jeremiah 8:22
Through
Jeremiah 1:15For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem.…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents,…
- Jeremiah 4:16
Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 9:11
“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
- Jeremiah 25:9
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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); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.