O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity : for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
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Gill's Exposition
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt,.... That is, O ye inhabitants of Egypt, that have long dwelt there, in great security, enjoying great plenty, and who promised themselves a long continuance:…
Barnes' Notes
Literally, “O thou inhabitant daughter of Egypt,” an equivalent here for Egypt and its whole population. Furnish thyself ... - literally, make for thee vessels of banishment, not merely the packages…
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
O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt the population of Egypt personified, preferable to mg. O thou that dwellest with the daughter of Egypt.
furnish thyself to go into captivity more literally as…
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