Jeremiah 2:37
Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
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Barnes' Notes
From him - From it, from this Egypt, which though fem. as a land, yet as a people may be used as a masc. (compare Jer 46:8). Now that Nineveh is trembling before the armies of Cyaxares and…
The prophet here goes on in the same strain, aiming to bring a sinful people to repentance, that their destruction might be prevented.
I. He avers the truth of the charge. It was evident beyond…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
From him also shalt thou go forth The king of Egypt shall repulse thy advances, and thou shalt return mourning.
thine hands upon thine head in disgrace and disappointment; cp. 2Sa 13:19.
thy…
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