Come up, &c. Figure of speech Eironeia. Compare Jeremiah 46:11 . the Ethiopians = Cush. Mercenaries, forming the chief part of the Egyptian forces. the Libyans. Hebrew Phut. Compare Ezekiel 27:10 ; Ezekiel 30:5 ; and Acts 2:10 . the Lydians. Not those in Western Asia (Genesis 10:22 ). All belonging to Africa. read more
9. Ironical exhortation, as in Jeremiah 46:3. The Egyptians, owing to the heat of their climate and abstinence from animal food, were physically weak, and therefore employed mercenary soldiers. Ethiopians—Hebrew, Cush: Abyssinia and Nubia. Libyans—Phut, Mauritania, west of Egypt (compare Jeremiah 46:3- :). shield—The Libyans borrowed from Egypt the use of the long shield extending to the feet [XENOPHON, Cyropædia, 6 and 7]. Lydians—not the Lydians west of Asia Minor (Genesis 10:22; Ezekiel... read more
1. Egypt’s defeat in Syria 46:1-12The first prophecy announced Egypt’s defeat at Carchemish in 605 B.C. read more
The Egyptians and their allies-the Ethiopians, Libyans (or possibly residents of modern Somalia), and Lydians (cf. Isaiah 66:19; or North Africans, cf. Genesis 10:13; Nahum 3:9)-pressed the battle (cf. Ezekiel 30:5). Modern Somalia is east and south of Ethiopia. Libya was Egypt’s neighbor to the west, and the Lydian Kingdom was in Anatolia (modern western Turkey). read more
Against Egypt1. Against the Gentiles] RV ’concerning the nations ’around.2. Carchemish] see Intro, and 2 Chronicles 35:20-24 also on Jeremiah 47:1.3-6. A lively description of the preparation and advance, followed by the defeat at Carchemish. 4. Brigandines] RV ’coats of mail.’5. Seen them dismayed] RV ’seen it? They are dismayed.’7. A flood] RV ’the Nile,’their own sacred river in its annual overflow. So in Jeremiah 46:8.9. The Ethiopians, etc.] mercenary troops forming the chief part of the... read more
Prophecies Concerning the NationsThe custom of placing in a group, as here, prophecies against heathen nations is illustrated by Isaiah (Jeremiah 13-33), Ezekiel (Jeremiah 25-32), and Amos (Jeremiah 1, 2). For the position of the prophecies at the end of the book as compared with that which they hold in the LXX, see Intro, and on Jeremiah 25:11. We may divide them thus:—(a) Jeremiah 46-49 (mostly of the fourth year of Jehoiakim). This section contains prophe-oies concerning Egypt and five other... read more
(9) The Ethiopians and the Libyans.—In the Hebrew, Cush and Put. The verse describes the prominent elements in the composition of the Egyptian army. The “chariots and horses” had long been proverbial (1 Kings 10:28-29; 2 Chronicles 1:16; Exodus 15:19). The Cushites were the Ethiopians of the Upper Valley of the Nile, sometimes, as under Zerah (2 Chronicles 14:9) and Tirhakah (2 Kings 19:9), asserting their independence, but at this time subject to Necho. The name Phut meets us, with Cush and... read more
CHAPTER XVIIEGYPTJeremiah 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 trust in him." Jeremiah 46:25THE kings of Egypt with whom Jeremiah was contemporary-Psammetichus II, Pharaoh Necho, and Pharaoh Hophra-belonged to the twenty-sixth dynasty. When growing distress at home compelled Assyria to loose her hold on her distant dependencies, Egypt still retained something of her former... read more
IV. THE PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE GENTILE NATIONS CHAPTER 46 Concerning Egypt 1. Prophecy about Pharaoh-Necho (Jeremiah 46:1-12 ) 2. Nebuchadnezzar’s invasion of Egypt (Jeremiah 46:13-26 ) 3. A message of comfort (Jeremiah 46:27-28 ) Jeremiah 46:1-5 . This Pharaoh made an attempt to invade the territory of the king of Babylon, but was defeated by Nebuchadrezzar in a battle on the river Euphrates at Carchemish. This prophecy was given about eighteen years before the fall of Jerusalem.... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 46:1-12
46:1-51:64 MESSAGES FOR FOREIGN NATIONSAlthough Jeremiah’s main ministry was to Judah, he had also been called to proclaim God’s message to the surrounding nations (see 1:5,10). This section of Jeremiah’s book brings together a number of the messages that the prophet announced to foreign nations during the many years of his ministry (cf. 25:13). By these messages, the prophet shows that as God deals justly with Judah, so he deals justly with Judah’s neighbours.The order in which the messages... read more