Jeremiah 46:22 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 46:22

Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.

BSB

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ASV

The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

KJV

The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The voice thereof shall go like a serpent,.... That is, the voice of Egypt, before compared to a heifer, when in its glory; but now it shall not bellow like a heifer in fat pasture, bat hiss like a serpent, when drove out of its hole, and pursued; signifying, that their voice should be low and submissive, and should not speak one big or murmuring word to their conquerors. The voice of the serpent is, by Aristotle (m) said to be small and weak; so Aelianus (n).

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The voice thereof - Her voice, i. e., the voice of Egypt. The word here probably means the busy sound of life and activity in the towns of Egypt, the tramping of her hosts, and the turmoil of camp and city. All this at the approach of the Chaldaean army shall depart, as the snake flees away when disturbed in its haunts by the wood-cutters. March with an army - Advance with might. With axes - The comparison of the Chaldaean warriors to woodcutters arose from their being armed with axes.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
קוֹלָ֖הּ	ko.Lah	sound its	H6963 →
כַּנָּחָ֣שׁ	ka.na.Chash	[is] like <the> snake	H5175 →
יֵלֵ֑ךְ	ye.Lekh	[which] it goes	H1980 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
בְחַ֣יִל	ve.Cha.yil	with an army	H2428 →
יֵלֵ֔כוּ	ye.Le.khu	they will come	H1980 →
וּבְקַרְדֻּמּוֹת֙	u.ve.kar.du.mOt	and with axes	H7134 →
בָּ֣אוּ	Ba.'u	they will come	H935 →
לָ֔הּ	Lah	to <the> it
כְּחֹטְבֵ֖י	ke.cho.te.Vei	like cutters of	H2404 →
עֵצִֽים׃	'e.Tzim	wood<s>	H6086 →

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
Isaiah 10:15
Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or…
leads to
- Romans 9:20–21
  But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
- Isaiah 45:9
  Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Isaiah 10:5
  Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- Isaiah 29:16
  You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of…
- Ezekiel 28:9
  Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.
Through
Isaiah 29:4
You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will…
leads to
- Isaiah 8:19
  When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
- Psalms 44:25
  For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
Through
Isaiah 14:8
Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”
leads to
- Ezekiel 31:16
  I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and…

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PlaceThe NileEgyptThe land where Joseph rose, where Israel grew into a nation in bondage, where the Passover lamb was slain and the sea opened, and…

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Jeremiah