Jeremiah 46

Jeremiah 46:1

THe word of the LORD which came, &c.] See Chap. 1. 2, 4.

against the Gentiles] Divers nations; mentioned in the foure Chapters next ensuing.

Jeremiah 46:2

against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho, &c.] Or, Concerning Egypt, and concerning the army, &c. as Esther 3. 2. Psalms 91:11.

which was by the river Euphrates] 2 Kings 23:29. 2 Chronicles 35:20.

king of Babylon smote] 2 Kings 24:7.

Jeremiah 46:3

Order ye] Or, Make ready: or, Weld. 1 Chron. 12. 8.

the buckler and shield] Make warlike preparations against the Chaldeans, that come to invade you. Psal. 35. 2, 3. Isaiah 22:6.

Jeremiah 46:4

Harnesse the horses] Heb. Bind. 1 Kings 18:44. gird and saddle them.

Jeremiah 46:5

Wherefore have I seen] This he speaketh, as beholding in a vision their affrightment, flight and shamefull discomfiture. Chap. 30. 6. Or, do I see.

their mighty ones are beaten down] Heb. broken in pieces. Micah 1:7.

are fled apace] Heb. fled a flight.

fear was round about] Chap. 6. 25. & 20. 3.

Jeremiah 46:6

Let not the swift flee away] Or, The swift shall not fl away: shall not escape by flight. Chap. 25. 35. Amos 2:14.

nor the mighty man escape] Or, nor shall the mighty man escape: save himself by his might. Psal. 33. 16, 17.

fall toward the north] Being overthrown by the Chaldeans. Vers. 10. out of their own countrey, in a land more northward. Vers. 2.

by the river Euphrates] Heb. hand (that is, side, or bank, Joshua 15:46.) of the river.

Jeremiah 46:7

Who is this that cometh up as a floud] He derideth the Egyptians vaunting and vain confidence; that thought to overflow all countries far and neer, as the river Nilus swelling up used to do theirs. Is. 8. 7. & 59. 19. Chap. 49. 19.

Jeremiah 46:8

I will destroy the citie] The Citie Charchemish. Vers. 2.

Jeremiah 46:9

the Ethiopians] Heb. Cush. Isaiah 18:1. People of Africa, that served under Pharaoh; of whose originall, see Genesis 10:6.

the Libyans] Heb. Put. 1 Chronicles 1:6.

the Lydians] Isaiah 66:19.

bend the bow] Heb. tread. Chap. 50. 14, 29.

Jeremiah 46:10

a day of vengeance] Isaiah 61:2. & Isaiah 63:4. Chap. 51. 6.

the sword shall devoure, &c.] Isaiah 34:6.

hath a sacrifice] A great solemn slaughter of the Egyptians and their assistants: the slaughter of Gods obstinate enemies being as pleasing to him as any sacrifice. Isaiah 34:6.

in the north-countrey] Vers. 6.

by the river Euphrates] At Carchemish; which the Egyptian King went to take. 2 Kings 23:29. vers. 1. 8.

Jeremiah 46:11

Go up into Gilead] Or, unto Gilead. where the most soveraign balm for wounds was. Chap. 8. 22. & 51. 8.

O virgin, the daughter of Egypt] A Virgin, as yet unconquered: or, as the name is usually given to other great States; thou that art fair and beautifull, and pridest thy self, as a young maiden, in the goodlinesse of thine estate. Isaiah 47:1. vers. 20.

in vain shalt thou use many medicines] Heb. multiplie medicines. as Chap. 2. 22. No mdicine shall avail thee against the stroke of Gods hand. Chap. 51. 8, 9. Ezekiel 30:21.

thou shalt not be cured] Heb. no cure shall be unto thee. Chap. 30. 13.

the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty] One against another: as is usuall in confusion and flight. Chap. 13. 14. Vers. 16. Or, one upon another; their carcasses lying on heaps in the field, as is usuall after a great slaughter. Judges 15:16. Vers. 10.

Jeremiah 46:13

how Nebuchadrezzar, &c.] Isa. 19. Ezek. 29. & 30. 32. Chap. 44. 30.

Jeremiah 46:14

publish in Migol, &c.] In all parts of it. Chap. 44. 1. in Migdol, to the east; Tahpanhes, to the North; Noph, to the South: for as for the Western part, that lay out of the Chaldeans way.

the sword shall devoure round about thee] All thy neighbouring Nations; and so cleered the passage to thee. 2 Kings 24:7.

Jeremiah 46:15

thy valiant men swept away] Put to flight and cut off: A metaphor taken from a violent showre, that beateth down; or a strong stream, that beareth down, and carryeth all away without resistance before it Jud. 5. 21. Proverbs 28:3.

they stood not] Or, could not stand. Joshua 21:44.

because the LORD did drive them] And who is able to stand before him? Exodus 14:25. Psalms 76:7.

Jeremiah 46:16

He made many to fall, Heb. multiplyed the faller: as vers. 11.

one fell upon another] Heb. a man on his fellow. Leviticus 26:37. Chap. 19. 9. & 36. 16. See vers. 12.

they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, &c.] They of other Nations, that assisted the Egyptians: repenting of their undertakings, when they perceived the issue of them: as Chap. 51. 9.

from the oppressing sword] Of the Chaldean king, that destroyeth all before it. See Chap. 25. 38. & 50. 16.

Jeremiah 46:17

They did cry there] At Carchemish. vers. 2.

Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise] Or, wastnesse. Chap. 48. 45. He is a man of words; one that promiseth, or threatneth much, but performeth nothing: Or, he is wasted, and utterly ruined.

he hath passed the time appointed] Let slip his opportunities; or the fit season for warre.

Jeremiah 46:18

whose name is the LORD of hosts] Isaiah 47:4. & Isaiah 48:2. Chap. 48. 15.

as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come] Or, it come. As sure as these two mountains stand and keep their severall stations; so sure shall what I threaten, come to passe. Or, Nebuchadnezzar shall come to subdue and bring under all before him, as Tabor doth advance it self above, and overlook, the lesser hils and lower grounds; and Carmel the sea neer unto it. Jud. 4. 6, 14. 1 King. 18. 42, 43.

Jeremiah 46:19

dwelling in Egypt] That seemest there to have a sure seat of abode, as Chap. 10. 17. & 21. 13.

furnish thy self to go into captivity] Heb. make thee instruments of captivitie: or, captivitie furniture. Ezekiel 12:3.

Noph shall be waste] Or, Memphis. Chap. 44. 1.

desolate without an inhabitant] Chap. 9. 10.

Jeremiah 46:20

Egypt is like a very fair heiser] A goodly State, not enured to the yoke of subjection. Hosea 10:11.

out of the north] From Chaldea. Chap. 1. 14. & 4. 6. & 6. 1.

Jeremiah 46:21

in the midst of her] Or, within her. Isaiah 5:18.

like fatted bullocks] Heb. bullocks of the stall. Malachi 4:2. Mighty and lusty; likely to perform what they undertake.

for] Or, but. Psalms 118:17. Psalms 22:12.

they did not stand] Or, could not. Vers. 15.

the day of their calamity was come] Chap. 50. 27.

Jeremiah 46:22

The voyce thereof shall go like a serpent] Or, Her voyce. To wit, of Egypt: she shall then speak lowly and submissely; or, shall be scarce able to speak for fear; Isaiah 29:4. not bellow aloud, like an heifer; Isaiah 51:5. or like a bull; Chap. 50. 11. as formerly she had wont to do.

for] Or, when. as Genesis 4:12.

they shall march with an army] Her enemies the Chaldeans. Vers. 13.

come against her with axes, &c.] See Chap. 22. 7.

Jeremiah 46:23

They shall cut down her forest] The multitude of her men of warre and mighty ones. Isaiah 10:18.

it cannot be searched] 2 Chronicles 4:18.

because they are, &c.] Or, though they be, as Joshua 17:18.

are inmomerable] Heb. there is no number of them.

Jeremiah 46:24

into the hand] Or, power. vers. 26.

the people of the north] Vers. 20.

Jeremiah 46:25

I will punish] Heb. visit. Chap. 36. 61.

the multitude of No] Or, nourisher. Heb. Amon. of No, of Alexandria; that populous Citie. Nahum 3:8. so is the word Amon used, Chap. 52. 15.

with their gods] Exodus 12:12. Chap. 43. 12.

and their kings] Princes and rulers. Chap. 50. 41. & 51. 28.

all them that trust in him] Among the rest, those Jewes that seek to him, and relie on him, for succour. Isai. 30. 1, 2. & 31. 1. Chap. 44. 12-14.

Jeremiah 46:26

I will deliver them] Chap. 44. 30.

into the hand] Or, power. Chap. 34. 20.

that seek their lives] Heb. soul. Chap. 34. 20, 21. so again and again afterward.

afterwards it shall be inhabited] Heb. dwell: or, inhabit. Chap. 50. 39. After the space of fortie years shall Egypt be restored. Isaiah 19:22. Ezekiel 29:13.

as in the dayes of old] Heb. antiquity. Lamentations 1:7.

Jeremiah 46:27

fear not thou, &c.] Isaiah 41:13. & Isaiah 43:5. & Isaiah 44:2. Chap. 30. 10. Thus God still comforteth those of his, that were abroad in captivitie, and those few of them that remained in Egypt; for he never forsaketh his. Esal. 9. 10. & 94. 14.

I will save thee from afarre off] Or, save and bring thee from a farre countrey. as Isaiah 38:17. Or, bring thee safe from afarre. as Acts 23:24.

I will not make a full end of thee] Chap. 30. 11.

but correct thee in measure] Heb. judgement. Chap. 10. 24.

yet will I not, &c.] Or, not utterly cut thee off.

leave thee wholly unpunished] Heb. acquiting acquite. Chap. 30. 11.