Jeremiah 46:21 - Exposition

Also her hired men are in the midst of her, etc.; rather, also her hirelings in the midst of her are like, etc. These seem to be distinguished from the mercenaries mentioned in Jeremiah 46:9 , the Ethiopians, Libyans, and Arabs, who were never adopted into the midst of the Egyptian people. On the other hand, the description will exactly apply to the Caftans and Ionians in the service of Psammetichus and Apries, who were "for many years" settled "a little below the city of Bubastis, on the Pelusiac mouth of the Nile." In this fertile country, itself comparable to "a very fair heifer" ( Jeremiah 46:20 ), these pampered and privileged mercenaries became "like calves of the stall." They did not stand, etc.; rather, they have not stood ( firm ) , for the day of their destruction is come upon them.