19 O ayou daughter dwelling in Egypt,
Prepare yourself bto go into captivity!
For1 Noph shall be waste and desolate, without inhabitant.
Prepare yourself bto go into captivity!
For1 Noph shall be waste and desolate, without inhabitant.
21 Also her mercenaries are in her midst like1 fat bulls,
For they also are turned back,
They have fled away together.
They did not stand,
For athe day of their calamity had come upon them,
The time of their punishment.
For they also are turned back,
They have fled away together.
They did not stand,
For athe day of their calamity had come upon them,
The time of their punishment.
22 aHer noise shall go like a serpent,
For they shall march with an army
And come against her with axes,
Like those who chop wood.
For they shall march with an army
And come against her with axes,
Like those who chop wood.
23 “They shall acut down her forest,” says the Lord,
“Though it cannot be searched,
Because they are innumerable,
And more numerous than bgrasshoppers.
“Though it cannot be searched,
Because they are innumerable,
And more numerous than bgrasshoppers.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be ashamed;
She shall be delivered into the hand
Of athe people of the north.”
She shall be delivered into the hand
Of athe people of the north.”
25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring punishment on1 Amon of aNo, and Pharaoh and Egypt, bwith their gods and their kings—Pharaoh and those who ctrust in him.
26 aAnd I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of his servants. bAfterward it shall be inhabited as in the days of old,” says the Lord.
God Will Preserve Israel
27 “Buta do not fear, O My servant Jacob,
And do not be dismayed, O Israel!
For behold, I will bsave you from afar,
And your offspring from the land of their captivity;
Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease;
No one shall make him afraid.
And do not be dismayed, O Israel!
For behold, I will bsave you from afar,
And your offspring from the land of their captivity;
Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease;
No one shall make him afraid.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in People's Commentary (NT) for Jeremiah 46:21.
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