Jeremiah 46:24
The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
Jeremiah 46:24 in other translations
| BSB | The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.” |
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| WEB | The daughter of Egypt will be disappointed; she will be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.” |
| ASV | The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. |
| YLT | Ashamed hath been the daughter of Egypt, She hath been given into the hand of the people of the north. |
| DARBY | The daughter of Egypt is put to shame; she is delivered into the hand of the people of the north. |
| BBE | The daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be given up into the hands of the people of the north. |
| Webster | The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. |
What does Jeremiah 46:24 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 46:24 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 46:24
- Jeremiah 1:15
For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
- Ezekiel 29:1-21
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. …
- Jeremiah 46:11
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
- Jeremiah 46:19-20
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
- Psalms 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11,19; Ps 137:8
she shall.
20; 1:15; Eze 29:1-32:32
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Context
- 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 46:25
The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
Jeremiah 46:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Avergonzóse la hija de Egipto; entregada será en mano del pueblo del aquilón. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Elle est honteuse, la fille de l’Égypte, elle est livrée en la main du peuple du nord. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Tochter Ägyptens ist zu Schanden geworden, sie ist in die Hand des Volkes von Norden gegeben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Confusa est filia Ægypti, et tradita in manu populi aquilonis. |