Jeremiah 46:23
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 in other translations
| BSB | They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted. |
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| WEB | They will cut down her forest,” says the LORD, “though it can’t be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable. |
| ASV | They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable. |
| YLT | They have cut down her forest, An affirmation of Jehovah--for it is not searched, For they have been more than the grasshopper, And they have no numbering. |
| DARBY | They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it be impenetrable; for they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable. |
| BBE | They will be cutting down her woods, for they may not be searched out; because they are like locusts, more than may be numbered. |
| Webster | They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. |
What does Jeremiah 46:23 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 46:13-26
13-26. Prophecy of the invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place sixteen years after the taking of Jerusalem. Having spent thirteen years in the siege of Tyre, and having obtained nothing for his pains, he is promised by God Egypt for his reward in humbling Tyre (Eze 29:17-20; 30:1-31:18). The intestine commotions between Amasis and Pharaoh-hophra prepared his way (compare Note, see on Is 19:1, &c.).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 46:13-28
Those who encroached on others, shall now be themselves encroached on. Egypt is now like a very fair heifer, not accustomed to the yoke of subjection; but destruction comes out of the north: the Chaldeans shall come. Comfort and peace are spoken to the Israel of God, designed to encourage them when the judgments of God were abroad among the nations. He will be with them, and only correct them in measure; and will…
Jeremiah 46:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 46:23
- Judges 7:12
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
- Judges 6:5
For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
- Joel 2:25
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
- Revelation 9:2-10
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. …
- Isaiah 10:18
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.
- Ezekiel 20:46
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
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Context
- Jeremiah 46:22
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 46:23
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 46:24
The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
Jeremiah 46:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cortaron su bosque, dice Jehová, porque no podrán ser contados; porque serán más que langostas, ni tendrán número. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ils couperont sa forêt, dit l’ Éternel, quoiqu’elle soit inexplorable, car ils sont plus nombreux que les sauterelles, et on ne peut les compter. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie haben seinen Wald umgehauen, spricht Jehova, denn sie sind unzählig denn ihrer sind mehr als der Heuschrecken, und ihrer ist keine Zahl. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Succiderunt saltum ejus, ait Dominus, qui supputari non potest: multiplicati sunt super locustas, et non est eis numerus. |