Jeremiah 46:19

Jeremiah 46:20 →

O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.

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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.

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This thought runs through Jeremiah 46:19-20.

Jeremiah 46:19 Jeremiah 46:20

Glossary

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.
Memphis Place: Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Memphis.