Jeremiah 46:19 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 46:19

Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כְּלֵ֤י	ke.Lei	baggage<s> of	H3627 →
גוֹלָה֙	go.Lah	exile	H1473 →
עֲשִׂ֣י	'a.Si	make	H6213 →
לָ֔ךְ	Lakh	for <the> yourself
יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת	yo.She.vet	O inhabitant[s]	H3427 →
בַּת־	bat-	<of> [the] daughter of	H1323 →
מִצְרָ֑יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
נֹף֙	nof	Memphis	H5297 →
לְשַׁמָּ֣ה	le.sha.Mah	<into> a waste	H8047 →
תִֽהְיֶ֔ה	tih.Yeh	it will become	H1961 →
וְנִצְּתָ֖ה	ve.ni.tze.Tah	and it will be made desolate	H3341 →
מֵאֵ֥ין	me.'Ein	from not	H369 →
יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ ס	yo.Shev	inhabitant	H3427 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 44:1
This 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:
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 independent 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.
Through
Zephaniah 2:5
Woe 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…
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.”
Through
Isaiah 20:4
so 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.
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.
Through
Jeremiah 48:18
Come 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.
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.