Jeremiah 46:13

13 This is the message the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon's coming to attack Egypt:

Jeremiah 46:13 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 46:13

The word that the Lord spake to Jeremiah the prophet
This is a new and distinct prophecy from the former, though concerning Egypt as that; but in this they differ; the former prophecy respects only the overthrow of the Egyptian army at a certain place; this latter the general destruction of the land; and was fulfilled some years after the other; Jarchi says, according to their chronicles ^F7, in the twenty seventh year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign: how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come;
or, "concerning the coming ^F8 of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon", to smite the land of Egypt;
who was to come, and did come, out of his country, into the land of Egypt, to smite the inhabitants of it with the sword, take their cities, plunder them of their substance, and make them tributary to him.

---

FOOTNOTES:

F7 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 26. p. 77.
F8 (ruardkwbn awbl) "de venturo Nebuchadretzare", Junius & Tremellius; "de adventu Nebuchadretsaris", Calvin, Munster, Piscator; "de veniendo", Vatablus, Montanus.

Jeremiah 46:13 In-Context

11 "Go up to Gilead and get some balm, people of Egypt! You have prepared many medicines, but they will not work; you will not be healed.

12 The nations have heard of your shame, and your cries fill all the earth. One warrior has run into another; both of them have fallen down together!"

13 This is the message the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon's coming to attack Egypt:

14 "Announce this message in Egypt, and preach it in Migdol. 'Get ready for war, because the battle is all around you.'

15 Egypt, why were your warriors killed? They could not stand because the Lord pushed them down.