Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
He—Jehovah.
made many to fall—literally, "multiplied the faller," that is, fallers.
one fell upon another— (Jeremiah 46:6, Jeremiah 46:12): even before the enemy strikes them (Leviticus 26:37).
let us go again to our own people—the language of the confederates and mercenaries, exhorting one another to desert the Egyptian standard, and return to their respective homes (Jeremiah 46:9, Jeremiah 46:21).
from the oppressing sword—from the cruel sword, namely, of the Chaldeans (compare Jeremiah 25:38).
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 (Ezekiel 29:17-20; Eze. 30:1-31:18). The intestine commotions between Amasis and Pharaoh-hophra prepared his way (compare Note, see on Isaiah 19:1, etc.).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 46:16:
Jeremiah 25:38
Jeremiah 46:17
Jeremiah 46:21
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