Jeremiah 46:8
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
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Gill's Exposition
Egypt riseth up as a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers,.... This is the answer to the above question; that it was Egypt that was seen; the king of Egypt, as the Syriac version; he with…
The first verse is the title of that part of this book, which relates to the neighbouring nations, and follows here. It is the word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah against the Gentiles; for God is…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
and his waters toss themselves like the rivers The LXX omit, but, as the v. stands in MT., this clause is wanted for the parallelism.
he saith viz. Pharaoh, addressing his army.
the city and Unless,…
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