Jeremiah 46:20

Egypt is a fair heifer, But destruction cometh; it cometh 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

19Thou who dwellest in Egypt! For Noph shall become waste, Yea, desolate without an inhabitant.

21Her mercenaries also in the midst of her are like fatted bullocks; Yet they also turn back; they flee together; they stand not; For the day of their calamity is come upon them, And the time of their punishment.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 1:14And Jehovah said to me, From the north shall evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 46:6Let not the swift attempt to flee away, Nor the mighty man to escape; Toward the North by the river Euphrates shall they stumble and fall.

Jeremiah 46:24The daughter of Egypt is brought to shame; She is given into the hand of the people of the North.

Jeremiah 50:11Because ye rejoiced and exulted, O ye plunderers of my inheritance, Because ye wantoned like a thrashing heifer, And neighed like a stallion,

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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