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Jeremiah 46:26

in Jeremiah 46

I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith Jehovah.

KJV

And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the Lord.

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This verse in Jeremiah 46

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
Afterward ... - The invasion of Nebuchadnezzar is to be a passing calamity, the severity of which will be felt chiefly by the Jews, but no subjugation of Egypt is to be attempted, and after the Chaldaean army has withdrawn things will resume their former course.

This 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 Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Ezekiel foretels that this should be at the end of forty years, Ezek. xxix. See what changes the nations of the earth are subject to, how they are emptied and increased again; and let not nations that prosper be secure, nor those that for the present are in thraldom despair.
And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives,.... Into the hands of the Chaldeans; that is, the king of Egypt, and all his people, and those that trusted in him: and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; his general officers, that commanded in his army under him.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Repeated from Jer 30:10, 11. When the Church (and literal Israel) might seem utterly consumed, there still remains hidden hope, because God, as it were, raises His people from the dead (Ro 11:15). Whereas the godless "nations" are consumed even though they survive, as are the Egyptians after their overthrow; because they are radically accursed and doomed [CALVIN].

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Afterward it shall be inhabited - That is, within forty years, as Ezekiel had predicted, Eze 29:13.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וּנְתַתִּ֗יםand I will give them

    unetatimH5414 →2011 times

  • בְּיַד֙in [the] hand of

    beyadH3027 →1618 times

  • מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י[those who] seek

    mevaksheiH1245 →225 times

  • נַפְשָׁ֔ם<of> life their

    nafshamH5315 →754 times

  • וּבְיַ֛דand in [the] hand of

    uveyadH3027 →1618 times

  • נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥רNebuchadnezzar

    nevukhadretzarH5019 →60 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • בָּבֶ֖לBabylon

    bavelH894 →262 times

  • וּבְיַד־and in [the] hand of

    uveyad-H3027 →1618 times

  • עֲבָדָ֑יוservants his

    ʾavadavH5650 →799 times

  • וְאַחֲרֵי־and after

    veacharei-H310 →715 times

  • כֵ֛ןthus

    khenH3651 →771 times

  • תִּשְׁכֹּ֥ןit will settle

    tishkonH7931 →129 times

  • כִּֽימֵי־like days of

    kimei-H3117 →2304 times

  • קֶ֖דֶםantiquity

    kedemH6924 →87 times

  • נְאֻם־[the] utterance of

    neum-H5002 →376 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃ סYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 32:11For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!5 worksJeremiah 44:30This 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 the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”5 worksIsaiah 19:4I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.5 worksEzekiel 29:13For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered.4 worksAmos 9:11“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,4 worksEzekiel 29:8–14Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.3 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 48:47Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.2 worksJeremiah 49:39“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.2 worksJeremiah 49:6Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,” declares the LORD.2 worksIsaiah 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.2 worksJeremiah 19:7And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 48:47

    Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 49:39

      “Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.

    • Jeremiah 49:6

      Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,” declares the LORD.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 49:39

    “Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 48:47

      Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 25:4–7

      Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden.…

    • Jeremiah 39:5–7

      But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of…

    • Jeremiah 34:21

      And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.

    • Jeremiah 43:9–13

      “In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.

    • Ezekiel 30:21

      “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
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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.

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