1.
The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;
The word: This is a general title to the prophecies contained in this and the following chapters, concerning different nations which had less or more connexion with the Jews, either as enemies, neighbours, or allies. They were not delivered at the same time: to some the date is annexed; in others it is left uncertain.
against: Jeremiah 1:10, Jeremiah 4:7, Jeremiah 25:15-29, Genesis 10:5, Numbers 23:9, Zechariah 2:8, Romans 3:29
Reciprocal: Psalms 79:6 - upon Isaiah 19:1 - Egypt Jeremiah 9:26 - Egypt Jeremiah 25:17 - and made Jeremiah 43:11 - he shall smite Lamentations 1:21 - thou wilt Ezekiel 28:26 - when I Ezekiel 30:7 - General Ezekiel 30:22 - and that Habakkuk 1:17 - and
2.
Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
Against Egypt: Jeremiah 46:14, Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 25:19, Ezekiel 29:1 - Ezekiel 32:32
Pharaohnecho: 2 Kings 23:29, Pharaoh-nechoh, 2 Chronicles 35:20, 2 Chronicles 35:21, Necho
Carchemish: Isaiah 10:9
in the: Jeremiah 25:1, Jeremiah 36:1
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:1 - his days 2 Kings 24:7 - the king Jeremiah 35:1 - in the Jeremiah 46:10 - the north Ezekiel 29:2 - against all Zechariah 9:8 - because of him that passeth by
3.
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
This is a poetical and ironical call to the Egyptians to muster their forces; and implies that all their courage and efforts would be vain. Jeremiah 51:11, Jeremiah 51:12, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 21:5, Joel 3:9, Nahum 2:1, Nahum 3:14
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 46:14 - Stand Ezekiel 38:7 - General
4.
Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
furbish: Ezekiel 21:9-11, Ezekiel 21:28
brigandines: Jeremiah 51:3
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 46:14 - Stand Jeremiah 51:11 - Make Ezekiel 21:10 - it is furbished Joel 3:9 - wake Nahum 3:14 - fortify
5.
Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.
and their: Revelation 6:15
beaten down: Heb. broken in pieces
fled apace: Heb. fled a flight, Jeremiah 46:15, Genesis 19:17, 2 Kings 7:6, 2 Kings 7:7, Nahum 2:8
fear: Jeremiah 6:25, Jeremiah 20:3, Jeremiah 20:4, *marg. Jeremiah 46:10, Jeremiah 49:29, Isaiah 19:16, Ezekiel 32:10, Revelation 6:15-17
Reciprocal: Job 18:11 - Terrors Psalms 35:4 - turned Jeremiah 30:5 - General Jeremiah 38:22 - they are Jeremiah 46:21 - they did Jeremiah 49:5 - ye shall Lamentations 2:22 - my terrors Lamentations 5:17 - our heart Ezekiel 30:13 - put
6.
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
not: Judges 4:15-21, Psalms 33:16, Psalms 33:17, Psalms 147:10, Psalms 147:11, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Isaiah 30:16, Isaiah 30:17, Amos 2:14, Amos 2:15, Amos 9:1-3
stumble: Jeremiah 46:12, Jeremiah 20:11, Jeremiah 50:32, Psalms 27:2, Isaiah 8:15, Daniel 11:19, Daniel 11:22
toward: Jeremiah 46:10, Jeremiah 1:14, Jeremiah 4:6, Jeremiah 6:1, Jeremiah 25:9
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 46:20 - it cometh Jeremiah 47:2 - out of
7.
Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
Who: Song of Solomon 3:6, Song of Solomon 8:5, Isaiah 63:1
as a flood: Jeremiah 47:2, Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 8:8, Daniel 9:26, Daniel 11:22, Amos 8:8, Revelation 12:15
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:5 - the floods Psalms 90:5 - Thou Psalms 93:3 - The floods Psalms 124:4 - the waters Daniel 11:10 - overflow
8.
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
riseth: Ezekiel 29:3, Ezekiel 32:2
I will go: Exodus 15:9, Exodus 15:10, Isaiah 10:13-16, Isaiah 37:24-26
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:5 - the floods Psalms 90:5 - Thou Psalms 93:3 - The floods Psalms 124:4 - the waters Isaiah 8:7 - the Lord bringeth Jeremiah 47:2 - waters Daniel 11:10 - overflow Amos 8:8 - rise
9.
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
rage: Nahum 2:3, Nahum 2:4
Ethiopians: Heb. Cush and Put, Genesis 10:6, Phut, 1 Corinthians 1:8, Ezekiel 27:10, Phut, Nahum 3:9, Lubim, Acts 2:10
Lydians: Genesis 10:13, 1 Chronicles 1:11, Ludim, Isaiah 66:19, Ezekiel 27:10, Lud, Jeremiah 30:5
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 12:8 - handle Isaiah 8:9 - Associate Jeremiah 46:21 - her hired Jeremiah 47:3 - the noise Jeremiah 50:14 - bend Jeremiah 51:11 - Make Ezekiel 30:5 - Ethiopia Ezekiel 38:4 - handling Daniel 11:43 - the Libyans Nahum 3:14 - fortify Zephaniah 2:12 - Ethiopians
10.
For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
the day: Jeremiah 51:6, Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 34:6, Isaiah 34:8, Isaiah 61:2, Isaiah 63:4, Joel 1:15, Joel 2:1, Zephaniah 1:14, Zephaniah 1:15, Luke 21:22
the sword: Deuteronomy 32:42, Isaiah 34:5-8, Ezekiel 39:17-21, Zephaniah 1:7, Zephaniah 1:8, Revelation 19:17-21
the north: Jeremiah 46:2, Jeremiah 46:6, 2 Kings 24:7
Reciprocal: Numbers 31:3 - avenge the Lord Joshua 6:17 - accursed 2 Samuel 2:26 - sword Isaiah 2:12 - the day Jeremiah 25:27 - because Jeremiah 46:5 - fear Jeremiah 46:14 - the sword Jeremiah 46:20 - it cometh Jeremiah 47:4 - the day Jeremiah 50:15 - for it Daniel 11:43 - the Libyans Zephaniah 2:12 - Ethiopians Zechariah 6:6 - the north
11.
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
Gilead: Jeremiah 8:22, Jeremiah 51:8, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 43:11, Ezekiel 27:17
O virgin: Jeremiah 14:17, Isaiah 47:1
in vain: Jeremiah 30:12-15, Ezekiel 30:21-25, Micah 1:9, Nahum 3:19, Matthew 5:26, Luke 8:43, Luke 8:44
thou shalt not be cured: Heb. no cure shall be unto thee
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 19:21 - the daughter Job 13:4 - physicians Isaiah 23:12 - thou oppressed Jeremiah 30:15 - thy sorrow Jeremiah 46:24 - daughter
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.
heard: Ezekiel 32:9-12, Nahum 3:8-10
thy cry: Jeremiah 14:2, Jeremiah 48:34, Jeremiah 49:21, Jeremiah 51:54, 1 Samuel 5:12, Isaiah 15:5-8, Zephaniah 1:10
stumbled: Jeremiah 46:6, Isaiah 10:4, Isaiah 19:2
Reciprocal: Nahum 2:5 - they shall stumble
13.
The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
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Nebuchadrezzar: Jeremiah 43:10-13, Jeremiah 44:30, Isaiah 19:1-25, Isaiah 29:1 - Isaiah 32:20
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 25:19 - Pharaoh Jeremiah 47:2 - then the Ezekiel 29:8 - I will Ezekiel 32:11 - The sword Zechariah 9:8 - because of him that passeth by
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.
Migdol: Jeremiah 43:9, Jeremiah 44:1, Exodus 14:2, Ezekiel 30:16-18
Stand: Jeremiah 46:3, Jeremiah 46:4, Jeremiah 6:1-5, Joel 3:9-12
the sword: Jeremiah 46:10, Jeremiah 2:30, Jeremiah 12:12, 2 Samuel 2:26, Isaiah 1:20, Isaiah 31:8, Isaiah 34:6, Nahum 2:13
Reciprocal: Isaiah 19:13 - Noph Jeremiah 2:16 - Noph Jeremiah 25:27 - because Jeremiah 43:7 - Tahpanhes Jeremiah 46:2 - Against Egypt Jeremiah 50:2 - Declare Ezekiel 29:10 - from the tower of Ezekiel 30:13 - Noph Ezekiel 30:18 - Tehaphnehes Ezekiel 38:7 - General Amos 3:9 - Publish
15.
Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.
thy: Jeremiah 46:5, Jeremiah 46:21, Judges 5:20, Judges 5:21, Isaiah 66:15, Isaiah 66:16
the Lord: Exodus 6:1, Deuteronomy 11:23, Psalms 18:14, Psalms 18:39, Psalms 44:2, Psalms 68:2, Psalms 114:2-7
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 19:14 - they fled Isaiah 19:1 - the heart Isaiah 19:3 - the spirit
16.
He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
made many to fall: Heb. multiplied the faller
one: Leviticus 26:36, Leviticus 26:37
they said: Jeremiah 46:21, Jeremiah 51:9
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 19:14 - they fled Isaiah 19:1 - the heart Jeremiah 50:16 - they shall turn every one
17.
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
Pharaoh: Exodus 15:9, 1 Kings 20:10, 1 Kings 20:18, Isaiah 19:11-16, Isaiah 31:3, Isaiah 37:27-29, Ezekiel 29:3, Ezekiel 31:18
Reciprocal: Genesis 12:15 - princes 2 Kings 18:21 - so is Pharaoh
18.
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.
saith: Jeremiah 10:10, Jeremiah 44:26, Jeremiah 48:15, Jeremiah 51:17, Isaiah 47:4, Isaiah 48:2, Malachi 1:14, Matthew 5:35, 1 Timothy 1:17
Tabor: Joshua 19:22, Judges 4:6, Psalms 89:12
Carmel: 1 Kings 18:42, 1 Kings 18:43
Reciprocal: Joshua 19:26 - Carmel Judges 4:12 - mount Tabor 1 Kings 18:19 - mount Carmel Psalms 95:3 - a great Jeremiah 31:35 - The Lord Jeremiah 48:18 - daughter Jeremiah 51:57 - the king Ezekiel 33:11 - As I live Hosea 5:1 - Tabor Zephaniah 2:9 - as I Zechariah 14:16 - the King 1 Timothy 6:15 - who
19.
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
thou: Jeremiah 48:18
furnish thyself to go into captivity: Heb. make thee instruments of captivity, Isaiah 20:4, Ezekiel 12:3, *marg. Ezekiel 12:4-12
Noph: Noph, or Moph, is the celebrated city of Memphis, as the Chaldee and LXX render; long the residence of the ancient Egyptian kings, and situated fifteen miles above where the Delta begins, on the western side of the Nile. It was in the neighbourhood of Memphis that the famous pyramids were erected, whose grandeur and beauty still astonish the modern traveller: they are about twenty in number; the largest of which is 481 feet perpendicular height, and the area of its basis is on 480,249 square feet, or something more than eleven acres, being exactly the size of Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. The immense ruins between the northern and southern pyramids, and about fourteen miles from Cairo, still called Memf, Menf, or Menouf, seem to mark the site of this city. Jeremiah 44:1, Ezekiel 30:13
waste: Jeremiah 26:9, Jeremiah 34:22, Jeremiah 51:29, Jeremiah 51:30, Zephaniah 2:5
Reciprocal: Isaiah 19:13 - Noph Jeremiah 2:16 - Noph Jeremiah 46:24 - daughter Jeremiah 48:9 - the cities Ezekiel 29:12 - and I will scatter
20.
Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
a very: Jeremiah 50:11, Hosea 10:11
it cometh: Jeremiah 46:6, Jeremiah 46:10, Jeremiah 1:14, Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 47:2
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 46:24 - she shall Ezekiel 30:18 - the pomp
21.
Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
her hired: Jeremiah 46:9, Jeremiah 46:16, 2 Samuel 10:6, 2 Kings 7:6, Ezekiel 27:10, Ezekiel 27:11, Ezekiel 30:4-6
like: Jeremiah 50:11, Jeremiah 50:27, Isaiah 34:7
fatted bullocks: Heb. bullocks of the stall, Proverbs 15:17, Amos 6:4
they did: Jeremiah 46:5, Jeremiah 46:15, Jeremiah 46:16
the day: Jeremiah 18:17, Deuteronomy 32:15, Psalms 37:13, Isaiah 10:3, Ezekiel 35:5, Hosea 9:7, Obadiah 1:13, Micah 7:4
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 11:23 - the year Jeremiah 38:22 - they are Jeremiah 48:44 - the year Jeremiah 49:8 - for Jeremiah 51:9 - forsake Ezekiel 30:22 - I will
22.
The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
voice: Isaiah 29:4, Micah 1:8, Micah 7:16
and come: Jeremiah 51:20-23, Isaiah 10:15, Isaiah 10:33, Isaiah 10:34, Isaiah 14:8, Isaiah 37:24, Zechariah 11:2
Reciprocal: Psalms 74:5 - General
23.
They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
cut: Isaiah 10:18, Ezekiel 20:46
because: Judges 6:5, Judges 7:12, Joel 2:25, Revelation 9:2-10
Reciprocal: Psalms 74:5 - General Isaiah 10:34 - cut down Jeremiah 51:14 - as with Jeremiah 51:27 - cause
24.
The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
daughter: Jeremiah 46:11, Jeremiah 46:19, Psalms 137:8
she shall: Jeremiah 46:20, Jeremiah 1:15, Ezekiel 29:1 - Ezekiel 32:32
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 32:11 - The sword
25.
The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
multitude: or, nourisher, Heb. Amon
No: Ezekiel 30:14, Nahum 3:8
with their: Jeremiah 43:12, Jeremiah 43:13, Exodus 12:12, Isaiah 19:1, Ezekiel 30:13, Zephaniah 2:11
and their: Ezekiel 32:9-12, Nahum 3:9
and all: Jeremiah 17:5, Jeremiah 17:6, Jeremiah 42:14-16, Isaiah 20:5, Isaiah 20:6, Isaiah 30:2, Isaiah 30:3, Isaiah 31:1-3, Ezekiel 39:6, Ezekiel 39:7
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 5:7 - upon Dagon our god Jeremiah 49:3 - shall go Jeremiah 51:18 - in the Ezekiel 30:22 - I am Daniel 11:8 - their gods
26.
And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
I will: Jeremiah 44:30, Ezekiel 32:11
and afterward: Jeremiah 48:47, Jeremiah 49:39, Ezekiel 29:8-14
Reciprocal: Isaiah 19:4 - a cruel lord Isaiah 20:4 - shall Jeremiah 19:7 - I will cause Jeremiah 49:6 - General Ezekiel 29:13 - At the Amos 9:11 - as in Nahum 3:8 - populous No
27.
But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
fear: Jeremiah 30:10, Jeremiah 30:11, Isaiah 41:13, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 43:5, Isaiah 44:2
I will save: Jeremiah 23:3, Jeremiah 23:4, Jeremiah 29:14, Jeremiah 31:8-11, Jeremiah 32:37, Isaiah 11:11-16, Ezekiel 34:10-14, Ezekiel 36:24, Ezekiel 37:21, Ezekiel 37:22, Ezekiel 39:25, Amos 9:14, Micah 7:11-16
and be: Jeremiah 23:6, Jeremiah 33:16, Jeremiah 50:19, Ezekiel 34:25, Ezekiel 34:26
Reciprocal: Joshua 8:1 - Fear not Isaiah 14:3 - General Isaiah 44:1 - O Jacob Jeremiah 30:18 - Behold Jeremiah 31:17 - General Jeremiah 43:10 - my servant Jeremiah 49:12 - they whose Lamentations 4:22 - The punishment of thine iniquity Ezekiel 34:28 - neither Zephaniah 3:16 - be said
28.
Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
for I am: Jeremiah 1:19, Jeremiah 15:20, Jeremiah 30:11, Joshua 1:5, Joshua 1:9, Psalms 46:7, Psalms 46:11, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 43:2, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 28:20, Acts 18:10, 2 Timothy 4:17
make: Jeremiah 25:9, Isaiah 45:23, Daniel 2:35
but I will not: Jeremiah 4:27, Jeremiah 5:10, Jeremiah 5:18, Jeremiah 30:11, Jeremiah 32:42-44, Jeremiah 33:24-26, Amos 9:8, Amos 9:9, Romans 11:15-17
correct: Jeremiah 10:24, Habakkuk 3:2, 1 Corinthians 11:32
will I: Isaiah 27:7, Isaiah 27:9, Hebrews 12:5-10, Revelation 3:19
not leave thee wholly unpunished: or, not utterly cut thee off
Reciprocal: Numbers 23:9 - shall not 2 Kings 17:20 - all the seed Ezra 9:14 - no remnant Esther 4:14 - then shall Psalms 6:1 - rebuke Psalms 99:8 - thou wast Isaiah 14:3 - General Isaiah 27:8 - measure Isaiah 28:27 - the fitches Isaiah 43:5 - Fear not Isaiah 44:1 - O Jacob Jeremiah 25:29 - Ye shall Jeremiah 29:14 - and I will turn Jeremiah 30:10 - fear Jeremiah 31:17 - General Jeremiah 31:36 - cease Jeremiah 31:37 - I Jeremiah 43:10 - my servant Jeremiah 48:2 - come Jeremiah 48:42 - Moab Jeremiah 51:5 - Israel Lamentations 4:22 - The punishment of thine iniquity Ezekiel 6:8 - General Obadiah 1:17 - shall be Habakkuk 1:12 - we Zephaniah 3:16 - be said Zephaniah 3:19 - I will undo