“ Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? ”
In Jeremiah 46:3-6 we saw only a mighty army marshalling for battle, and its hasty flight. In Jeremiah 46:7-12 the prophet tells us at whose defeat we have been present. A flood - the Nile....
Who [is] this [that] cometh up as (f) a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? (f) He derides the boastings of the Egyptians, who thought by their riches and power to have overcome all the wor...
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...
as. flood . = as the river: i.e. the Nile, in flood.
The Prophet again meets those doubts which might have possessed the minds of the godly, so as to prevent them to receive this prophecy in faith and with due reverence: for we have said, that wh...
Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? Who is this that cometh up as a flood - The vast concourse of people is here represented as a river: for instance, the...
Who is this, &c.— The prophet speaks of Necho, and represents the grand preparations which he made to go to the succour of Carchemish. He flattered himself that nothing was capable of resisting...
Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? Who is this that cometh up as a flood - ( Jeremiah 47:2 ; Isaiah 8:7-8 ; Daniel 11:22 ). The figure is appropria...
Against Egypt 1. Against the Gentiles] RV 'concerning the nations 'around.
Who is this that cometh up as a flood?... — The Hebrew word for “flood” is used as a proper name almost exclusively ( Daniel 12:5-6 being the only exception) for the Nile ( e.g., Genesis 41:1-3...
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...
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...
At this Chapter begins the judgments of God against the enemies of Israel. The Lord hath had a long controversy with his people; but now in the midst of it, he will reckon with their foes. And first...
Who [is] this [that] cometh up as a flood ,.... These are either the words of the prophet, who having a vision in prophecy of the march of the Egyptian army from the south to the north, which he com...
Who [is] this [that] cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? Ver. 7. Who is this that cometh up like a flood? ] Pharaoh with his forces is here notably described, vivo sermonu...
Who is this that cometh up as a flood Here the king of Egypt is compared to a mighty river, the Nile, or the Euphrates, when it swells above its banks, and threatens to overwhelm the country with r...
The Judgment of Egypt. B. C. 608. 1 The word of the L ORD which came to Jeremiah the pr...
The next verse expoundeth this.
A). Oracle Concerning Nebuchadrezzar's Defeat Of The Egyptian Army At Carchemish In 605 BC ( Jeremiah 46:2-12 ). The importance of this prophesy to a people reeling under the unexpected death of t...
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 46:1 . 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...
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...
The First Prophecy Against Egypt
Amos 8:8 ; Daniel 11:22 ; Daniel 9:26 ; Isaiah 63:1 ; Isaiah 8:7 ; Isaiah 8:8 ; Jeremiah 47:2 ; Revelation 12:15 ; Song of Solomon 3:6 ; Song of Solomon 8:5