Jeremiah 46:12 NASB,NIV

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 46:12

land = earth. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 46:12

Jeremiah 46:12. Thy shame— Thy disgrace. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 46:12

12. mighty . . . stumbled against . . . mighty . . . fallen both together—Their very multitude shall prove an impediment in their confused flight, one treading on the other. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 46:1-12

1. Egypt’s defeat in Syria 46:1-12The first prophecy announced Egypt’s defeat at Carchemish in 605 B.C. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 46:12

The nations had heard of Egypt’s defeat and her cry as she sought to save herself. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 46:1-28

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

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 46:1-64

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

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 46:1-28

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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 46:1-28

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