Jeremiah 46:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. ”

Jeremiah 46:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Or, “They have cut down her forest, saith Yahweh, for it is impenetrable,” i. e., just as a pathless forest must be cleared to assist agriculture and the passage to and fro of men, so must the fals...
Jeremiah 46:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

They shall cut down (u) her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the (x) grasshoppers, and [are] innumerable. (u) That is, they will slay the great and m...
Jeremiah 46:23 - 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 46:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

searched . reconnoitred. grasshoppers . locusts.
Jeremiah 46:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He goes on here with the same subject. He indeed uses the past tense, but we know that this was commonly done by the Prophets. He compares the people of Egypt to a forest, as he had said that i...
Jeremiah 46:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. They shall cut down her forest - Supposed to mean her...
Jeremiah 46:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. They shall cut down her forest - ( Isaiah 10:34...
Jeremiah 46:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Against Egypt 1. Against the Gentiles] RV 'concerning the nations 'around.
Jeremiah 46:23 - 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 46:23 - 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 46:23 - 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 46:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord ,.... The land of Egypt, compared to a forest, for the multitude of its cities and towns, and the inhabitants of them; which should be destroyed by the...
Jeremiah 46:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and [are] innumerable. Ver. 23. They shall cut down her forest, ] i.e.,...
Jeremiah 46:23 - 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 46:23 - 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 46:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Egypt is compared to a forest, either for the multitude of cities or of people in that country; and to a thick forest, because as it is a hard thing to make one's way through a forest, so it was judg...
Jeremiah 46:23 - 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 46:23 - 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 46:23 - 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 46:23 - 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 46:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Second Prophecy Against Egypt
Jeremiah 46:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 20:46 ; Isaiah 10:18 ; Joel 2:25 ; Judges 6:5 ; Judges 7:12 ; Revelation 9:2-10
Jeremiah 46:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Tho' — Tho' it seem impenetrable.

Jeremiah 46:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 46:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 46:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 46:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 46:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 46:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 46:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 46:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 46:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 46:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 46:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 46:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 46:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 46:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 46:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 46:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 46:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 46:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 46:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 46:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 46:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 46:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 46:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes