John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 46:11
Go up into Gilead ,.... Still the irony or sarcasm is continued Gilead was a place in the land of Israel famous for balm or balsam, used in curing wounds; see Jeremiah 8:22 ; hence it follows: and take balm, O virgin, daughter of Egypt ; the kingdom of Egypt, as the Targum; so called because of its glory and excellency; and because as yet it had not been conquered and brought under the power of another: now the inhabitants of it are bid to take balm or balsam, as Kimchi and Ben Melech;... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 46:10
For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts ,.... Or, "but this is the day" F25 היום ההוא "dies autem", V. L. "atque dies", Junius & Tremellius; "sed dies ille", Schmidt. , &c.; notwithstanding this great apparatus for war, and those many auxiliaries the Egyptians would have, yet it would not be their day, in which they should get the better of their enemies; but the Lord's day; the day he had appointed; who is the Lord God of all armies, above and below; and who would... read more