Jeremiah 46:24

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

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In The King James Version

The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

In Context

23They have cut down her forest, says the Lord, which was not able to be counted. They have been multiplied more than locusts, and they are without number.

25The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: Behold, I will visit against the tumult of Alexandria, and against Pharaoh, and against Egypt, and against her gods, and against her kings, and against Pharaoh, and against those who trust in him.

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Cross References

Psalms 137:8The Lord will provide retribution on my behalf. O Lord, your mercy is forever. Do not disdain the works of your hands.

Jeremiah 46:11Ascend to Gilead, and take its balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! It is in vain that you multiply medicines; there will be no health for you!

Ezekiel 29:1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the eleventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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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