Jeremiah 46:24

24 Daughter Egypt will be put to shame, given into the hands of the people of the north.”

Jeremiah 46:24 in Other Translations

24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

24 The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of a people from the north."

24 Egypt will be humiliated; she will be handed over to people from the north.”

24 Daughter Egypt will be ravished, raped by vandals from the north."

24 Daughter Egypt will be put to shame, handed over to a northern people.

Jeremiah 46:24 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 46:24

The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded
Brought to shame before all the nations of the earth, being conquered by the Chaldeans; that is, the kingdom of Egypt, as the Targum; or the inhabitants of it, being subdued and carried captive: she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north;
the Chaldeans, who dwelt northward of Egypt, as is manifest from what follows.

Jeremiah 46:24 In-Context

22 Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent as the enemy advances in force; they will come against her with axes, like men who cut down trees.

23 They will chop down her forest,” declares the LORD, “dense though it be. They are more numerous than locusts, they cannot be counted.

24 Daughter Egypt will be put to shame, given into the hands of the people of the north.”

25 The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes, on Pharaoh, on Egypt and her gods and her kings, and on those who rely on Pharaoh.

26 I will give them into the hands of those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited as in times past,” declares the LORD.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Kings 24:7; Jeremiah 1:15