Jeremiah 46:20

Egypt is like a very fair heifer,.... Like a heifer that has never been under a yoke, it having never been conquered, and brought under the power of another; and like a beautiful, fat, and well fed…

Is like - Or, is. Her god was the steer Apis Jer 46:15, and she is the spouse. But destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north - More probably, “a gadfly from the north has come upon her.” This is…

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…

This simile for Egypt may be suggested by Apis the bull god. See on Jer 5:16.

but destruction out of the north is come better, as mg. the gadfly. This rendering of the word (not found elsewhere) is…