Yirmeyah 46:13

13 The Davar that Hashem spoke to Yirmeyah HaNavi, how Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel would come and strike Eretz Mitzrayim.

Yirmeyah 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.

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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.

Yirmeyah 46:13 In-Context

11 Go up into Gil‘ad, and take balm, O Betulat Bat Mitzrayim; in vain shalt thou use many refu’ot (healing remedies, medicines); for thou shalt not be healed.

12 The Goyim have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled ha’aretz; for the gibbor hath stumbled against the gibbor, and they are fallen both together.

13 The Davar that Hashem spoke to Yirmeyah HaNavi, how Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel would come and strike Eretz Mitzrayim.

14 Declare ye in Mitzrayim, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes; say ye, Stand fast, prepare thee; for the cherev shall devour all around thee.

15 Why was it swept away? They stood not, because Hashem did drive them.