Jeremiah 46:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. ”

Jeremiah 46:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The voice thereof - Her voice, i. e., the voice of Egypt. The word here probably means the busy sound of life and activity in the towns of Egypt, the tramping of her hosts, and the turmoil of cam...
Jeremiah 46:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Its voice shall go like a (s) serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against (t) her with axes, as hewers of wood. (s) They will be scarcely able to speak for fear of the Chaldeans. (...
Jeremiah 46:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 46-51. The Foreign Prophecies. These form the third principal division of the Book of Jeremiah. As already seen ( Jeremiah 1:5 ; Jeremiah 1:10 ; Jeremiah 25:15 ), Jeremiah's prophetic ho...
Jeremiah 46:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

To study elegance was not so much the object of the Prophet, as to confirm what he had taught. The figures, then, which he now uses, were not intended as ornaments of speech, but rather for the...
Jeremiah 46:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. The voice - shall go like a serpent - See Isaiah 29:4 (note), and th...
Jeremiah 46:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The voice thereof shall go like a serpent— Her voice hisses like a serpent; alluding to a wounded serpent, whence the similitude is taken. The LXX make use of the word συριξοντος sibilantis. Th...
Jeremiah 46:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. The voice thereof shall go like a serpent - the cry of Egypt,...
Jeremiah 46:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Against Egypt 1. Against the Gentiles] RV 'concerning the nations 'around.
Jeremiah 46:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The voice thereof shall go like a serpent. — Better, her voice — i.e., the voice of Egypt. In early prophecies Egypt had been compared to a “dragon” or “serpent” ( Isaiah 27:1 ; Isaiah 51:9 ;...
Jeremiah 46:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVII EGYPT Jeremiah 43:8-13 , Jeremiah 44:30 , Jeremiah 46:1-28 "I will visit Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods and their kings: even Pharaoh and all them that trus...
Jeremiah 46:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The third and last section of the division containing the account of the prophet's ministry is occupied with his messages concerning the nations. The first of these has to do with Egypt, and consist...
Jeremiah 46:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If the Reader will compare scripture with scripture, which is always the most profitable way of reading the word of God; he will find, that what Jeremiah is here engaged in, Isaiah had been before hi...
Jeremiah 46:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The voice thereof shall go like a serpent ,.... That is, the voice of Egypt, before compared to a heifer, when in its glory; but now it shall not bellow like a heifer in fat pasture, bat hiss like a...
Jeremiah 46:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. Ver. 22. The voice thereof (of Egypt) shall go like a serpent.] a...
Jeremiah 46:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The voice thereof shall go like a serpent “That is, her (Egypt's) voice shall be low and inarticulate through fear. This passage seems to be an imitation of Isaiah 29:4 , where we find the same th...
Jeremiah 46:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of Egypt. B. C. 608. 12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry...
Jeremiah 46:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Egypt is now like a heifer that makes a great bellowing, but the time shall come when she shall make a lesser noise, like the hissing of a serpent when it seeth itself set upon. For the Chaldeans sha...
Jeremiah 46:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

B). Oracle Concerning Nebuchadrezzar's Later Penetration Into Egypt Which Will Not However Be Terminal ( Jeremiah 46:13-26 ). This prophecy here has in mind a much later excursion of Nebuchadrezza...
Jeremiah 46:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter.— First Part: Jeremiah 46:1-12 , in the fourth year of Jehoiakim; written at Jerusalem, immediately before the battle of Charchemish....
Jeremiah 46:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 46:1 . The Gentiles. The succeeding six Chapter s ought to have followed the twenty fifth chapter of this book, as they do in the Vatican and Alexandrian copies of the Septuagint. Jerem...
Jeremiah 46:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter, the first of a series, consists of two prophecies united, though it is probable enough that the latter was intended to supplement the former, for Jeremiah 46:2-24 are...
Jeremiah 46:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Second Prophecy Against Egypt
Jeremiah 46:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 10:15 ; Isaiah 10:33 ; Isaiah 10:34 ; Isaiah 14:8 ; Isaiah 29:4 ; Isaiah 37:24 ; Jeremiah 51:20-23 ; Micah 1:8 ; Micah 7:16 ; Zechariah 11:2

Jeremiah 46:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 46:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 46:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 46:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 46:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 46:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 46:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 46:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 46:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 46:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 46:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 46:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 46:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 46:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 46:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 46:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 46:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 46:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 46:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 46:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 46:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 46:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 46:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge