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Jeremiah 46:17

Jeremiah 46:17
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

They did cry there,.... Not the Chaldeans, deriding Pharaoh and his army, and mocking them, saying the following words, as some; nor the Egyptians in Egypt, as Kimchi, complaining of their king; much…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Translate it with the versions: “They have called (or, Call ye) the name of Pharaoh king of Egypt - A noise: he hath overstepped the appointed time.” For this custom of giving prophetic names see Jer…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 46:13-28

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

They cried there … a noise Read, Call ye the name of Pharaoh(so far accord Syr. and Vulg., and so the LXX, who add Neco) a Crash. Thus Dr., who compares for a name symbolical of a great disaster Jer…