Jeremiah 46:17

There in Egypt they will say, ‘The king of Egypt talks loudly, but when our army had an opportunity to defeat our enemies, they failed.’

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.

In Context

16The soldiers from other countries will stumble and fall over each other, and then they will say to each other, ‘Let’s get up and go back to our own people, to our own land. Let’s get away from the swords of our enemies!’

18I, the King, who am called the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: ‘As surely as I live, someone’s army will be coming to fight against the army of Egypt. They will be extremely powerful, as though they were as tall as Tabor Hill, or as high as Carmel Mountain close to the Mediterranean Sea.

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:10In that message he said, “ We will destroy your city completely, with the result that there will not be enough dust and rubble left for each of my soldiers to have one handful! I hope/wish that the gods will strike me dead if we do not do that!”

Ecclesiastes 3:1There is a right/correct time for everything, a time for everything that we do in this world.

Isaiah 31:3The soldiers of Egypt that you people of Judah are relying on are humans, not God! And their horses are only horses; they are not powerful spirits! So when Yahweh raises his fist to strike/punish the soldiers of Egypt whom you thought would help you, he will also strike you who thought that you would be helped, and you and they will stumble and fall down; all of you will die together.

Ezekiel 29:3Give the king this message from me, Yahweh the Lord: ‘You king of Egypt, I am your enemy; you are like [MET] a great monster/crocodile that lies in the streams along the Nile River. You say, “The Nile River is mine; I made it for myself.”

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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