He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
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Gill's Exposition
He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt,.... Or, "of Heliopolis", as the Septuagint; the "city of the sun"; and so "Bethshemesh" here signifies the "house of the…
Barnes' Notes
Images - Rather, pillars (compare the Isa 19:19 note), obelisks. Beth-shemesh - Heliopolis, famous for its obelisks.
We have here, as also in the next chapter, Jeremiah prophesying in Egypt. Jeremiah was now in Tahpanhes, for there his lords and masters were; he was there among idolatrous Egyptians and treacherous…
Cambridge Bible
Beth-shemesh Probably Heliopolisor On. The reference of the v. is to the temple of the sun, at the city called by the Greeks Heliopolis (city of the sun), about six miles N.E. of Cairo. The temple had…