Jeremiah 44:1

The word which came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt ,.... Or, "unto all the Jews" F20 אל כל היהודים "ad omnes Judaeos", V. L. Castalio, Cocceius, Schmidt; "erga omnes", Pagninus, Montanus. ; the word came to him, that it might be delivered to them; or, "against all the Jews" F21 "Contra omnes Judaeos", Junius & Tremellius; "de, vel contra", Piscator. ; they having gone into Egypt contrary to the will of God, and committing idolatry; and the word or sermon is full of threatenings and judgments denounced upon them:

which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros : this prophecy was delivered after the Jews were come to Tahpanhes, or Daphne; see Jeremiah 43:7 ; and had divided themselves, and were settled in different parts of the kingdom: some continued at Tahpanhes, where were the king's court and palace: others went to Migdol, a place near the Red sea, just at the entrance into Egypt, from the land of Canaan, Exodus 14:2 ; called, by Herodotus, Magdolus F23 Euterpe, sive l. 2. c. 159. ; and by Adrichomius F24 Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 121. said to be distant about a mile and a quarter from Pelusium, or Sin, the strength of Egypt, Ezekiel 30:15 ; others took up their residence at Noph, generally thought to be the city of Memphis. The Targum calls it Mappas; the same which is now called Grand Cairo; or, however, this city is near the place where Memphis stood: others dwelt in the country of Pathros, which perhaps had its name from Pathrusim, a son of Mizraim, Genesis 10:13 . It is thought by Bochart and others to be the country of Thebais in Egypt, the same with the Nomos Phanturites, or Phaturites, of Pliny F25 Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 9. ; and in this country Jeremiah seems to have been when this word came to him, Jeremiah 44:15 ; and from hence sent or carried it to the other places: saying; as follows: