Jeremiah 43:12
And he will put a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and they will be burned by him: and he will make Egypt clean as a keeper of sheep makes clean his clothing; and he will go out from there in peace.
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2 Samuel 5:21And the Philistines, when they went in flight, did not take their images with them, and David and his men took them away.
Job 40:10\40:15\See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.
Psalms 109:18He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
Psalms 132:18His haters will be clothed with shame; but I will make his crown shining.
Isaiah 21:9See, here come war-carriages with men, horsemen by twos: and in answer he said, Babylon is made low, is made low, and all her images are broken on the earth.
Isaiah 49:18Let your eyes be lifted up round about, and see: they are all coming together to you. By my life, says the Lord, truly you will put them all on you as an ornament, and be clothed with them like a bride.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 43:9-13
Jeremiah's Prophecies in Egypt. ( b. c. 588.) 8 Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, 9 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brick-kiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; 10 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his… Read the whole commentary →