Jeremiah 46:14
Declare ye to Egypt, and publish it in Magdal, and let it be known in Memphis, and in Taphnis: say ye: Stand up, and prepare thyself: for the sword shall devour all round about thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
15Why are thy valiant men come to nothing? they stood not: because the Lord hath overthrown them.
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:26And Abner cried out to Joab, and said: Shall thy sword rage unto utter destruction? knowest thou not that it is dangerous to drive people to despair? how long dost thou defer to bid the people cease from pursuing after their brethren?
Isaiah 31:8And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword not of a man, and the sword not of a man shall devour him, and he shall flee not at the face of the sword: and his young men shall be tributaries.
Jeremiah 2:16The children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have deflowered thee, even to the crown of the head.
Jeremiah 6:1Strengthen yourselves, ye sons of Benjamin, in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Thecua, and set up the standard over Bethacarem: for evil is seen out of the north, and a great destruction.
Jeremiah 43:8And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias in Taphnis, saying:
Jeremiah 46:3Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and go forth to battle.
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 →