Jeremías 46:19

19 Tú, que habitas en Egipto,prepara tu equipaje para el exilio,porque Menfis se convertirá en desolación,en una ruina deshabitada.

Jeremías 46:19 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 46:19

O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt
That is, O ye inhabitants of Egypt, that have long dwelt there, in great security, enjoying great plenty, and who promised themselves a long continuance: furnish thyself to go into captivity;
or, "make", or "prepare for thyself vessels of captivity" ^F25; or such things as are proper for captives, as suitable clothes to travel in, shoes to walk in, scrip and staff, and the like; expect captivity, and prepare for it: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant;
the city Memphis, as the Targum, and all the versions: this is particularly mentioned, because it was a royal city, as Kimchi observes; and, though a very populous one, its destruction should be so general, that not an inhabitant should be left in it: the devastation of this city is put for that of all the rest, and as a sure token of it and the whole nation going into captivity.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (Kl yve hlwg ylk) "vase [vel] instrumenta migrationis fac tibi", Piscator, Schmidt; "praepara", Vatablus; "pare", Junius & Tremellius.

Jeremías 46:19 In-Context

17 Allí gritan: “¡El faraón es puro ruido!¡el rey de Egipto ya perdió su oportunidad!”

18 »¡Vivo yo! —declara el Rey,cuyo nombre es el SEÑOR Todopoderoso—:Como el Tabor, que sobresale de entre los montes,y como el Carmelo, que se erige sobre el mar,así será el enemigo que viene.

19 Tú, que habitas en Egipto,prepara tu equipaje para el exilio,porque Menfis se convertirá en desolación,en una ruina deshabitada.

20 »Novilla hermosa es Egipto,pero viene contra ella un tábano del norte.

21 Los mercenarios en sus filasson como novillos cebados;también ellos se vuelven atrás;todos juntos huyen sin detenerse,porque ha llegado el día de su ruina,el momento de su castigo.