Jeremiah 46:26

Jer 46:26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.

Ver. 26. Behold, I will punish the multitude of No. ] Called populous No, Nah 3:8 populous as Nineveh; so Galilee of the Gentiles. Some render it nourishing No. a

And their kings. ] Here Calvin conjectureth that Pharaoh had made many of his princes kings for his greater magnificence; but this came down soon after. A bulging wall is near unto a downfall.

And Pharaoh. ] Hophra. Jer 44:30

And all them that trust in him. ] As the Jews in Egypt did.

And afterward it shall be inhabited. ] Forty years after Eze 29:13 - sc., in the days of Amasis, whom Cambyses the Persian conquered, after which it remained subject to the Persian monarchs one hundred and fifty years, saith Eusebius, being but a base and tributary kingdom.

a Hodie dicitur Alexandria. Today it is called Alexandria.