Jeremiah 46:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

The multitude of No - Rather, Amon of No. Ammon or Jupiter-Ammon was the first of the supreme triad of Thebes. He was the deity invisible and unfathomable, whose name signifies “the concealed.” No-Amon, is the sacred city of Thebes, the capital of Upper Egypt. First then Yahweh’s anger falls upon the representatives of the highest divine and human powers, Amon of No and Pharaoh. It next punishes Egypt generally, and her gods and her kings, for each city had its special divinity, and inferior rulers were placed in the several parts of the country. Finally, Pharaoh is again mentioned, with “all who trust in him,” i. e., the Jews, who had made Egypt their confidence and not God.

Jeremiah 46:25

25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multituded of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: