Jeremiah 46:22

The sound thereof shall go like the serpent's; for they march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

In Context

21Also her mercenaries in the midst of her are like calves of the stall, for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand; for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.

23They cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

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Cross References

Isaiah 10:33Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the boughs with terror; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be laid low.

Isaiah 29:4And brought down thou shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of a ghost out of the ground, and thy speech shall chirp out of the dust.

Jeremiah 51:20Thou art My maul and weapons of war, and with thee will I shatter the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

Micah 7:16The nations shall see and be put to shame for all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

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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