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.
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Gill's Exposition
Declare ye in Egypt,.... The coming of the king of Babylon, and his intention to invade the land, and subdue it:
and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph, and in Tahpanhes; of these places See…
Barnes' Notes
The sword shall devour - “The sword” hath devoured “those round about thee.” One after another the nations have been consumed by Nebuehadnezzar; and now at length Tyre, which so long had withstood…
In these verses we have,
I. Confusion and terror spoken to Egypt. The accomplishment of the prediction in the former part of the chapter disabled the Egyptians from making any attempts upon other…
Cambridge Bible
Migdol See on Jer 44:1. For Noph and Tahpanhes See on Jer 2:16. Migdol was the border town in the Asiatic direction and Noph the capital city of Lower Egypt. The other proper names in the v. (omitted…
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