Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Translate, "Also her hired men (mercenary soldiers, Jeremiah 46:9, Jeremiah 46:16), who are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks, even they also are turned back," that is, shall turn their backs to flee. The same image, "heifer . . . bullocks" (Jeremiah 46:20-21), is applied to Egypt's foreign mercenaries, as to herself. Pampered with the luxuries of Egypt, they become as enervated for battle as the natives themselves.
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 46:21:
Jeremiah 46:16
Jeremiah 46:21
Jeremiah 50:27
Ezekiel 30:5
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