Jeremiah 46:20

Egypt is like a stately and finely-formed calf. The one who will goad her will come from the north.

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In The King James Version

Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

In Context

19Equip yourself for the transmigration, O daughter who inhabits Egypt. For Memphis will be in desolation, and it will be deserted and uninhabited.

21Her hired hands also, who move within her midst, like fatted calves have been turned back, and they have fled at the same time, and they are not able to stand firm. For the day of their passing away has overwhelmed them; it is the time of their visitation.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 1:14And the Lord said to me: “From the north, an evil will spread over all the inhabitants of the earth.

Jeremiah 46:6Let not the swift take flight; let not the strong ones think to save themselves. They have been conquered and ruined, toward the north, near the river Euphrates.

Jeremiah 46:24The daughter of Egypt has been confounded, and she has been delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

Jeremiah 50:11For you exult and you speak great things, plundering my inheritance. For you have spread out like calves upon the grass, and you have bellowed like bulls.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 46:14-28

The Judgment of Egypt. ( b. c. 608.) 12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together. 13 The word that the Lord spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt. 14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee. 15 Why are thy… Read the whole commentary →

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