Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
Declare ye in Egypt, and publish - as if giving sentence from a tribunal.
Migdol ... Noph ... Tahpanhes - East, South, and North. He mentions the three other quarters, but omits the West, because the Chaldeans did not advance there. These cities, too, were the best known to the Jews, as being in their direction.
The sword shall devour round about thee - namely, the Syrians, Jews, Moabites, and Ammonites (note, Jeremiah 48:1). The exhortation [`abiyrekaa] is ironical, as Jeremiah 46:4; Jeremiah 46:9.