As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
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Interpretation
Those who encroached on others, shall now be themselves encroached on. Egypt is now like a very fair heifer, not accustomed to the yoke of subjection; but destruction comes out of the north: the Chaldeans shall come.
Glossary
- Babylon Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Babylon.
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.
- Mount Carmel Place
- Biblical mountain. Modern identification: Mount Carmel.
- Mount Tabor Place
- Biblical mountain. Modern identification: Jebel et Tur.