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Geremia 46:23

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23 Taglieranno il suo bosco, dice il Signore, il cui conto non poteva rinvenirsi; perciocchè essi saranno in maggior numero che locuste, anzi saranno, innumerabili.

Geremia 46:23 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 46:23

They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord
The land of Egypt, compared to a forest, for the multitude of its cities and towns, and the inhabitants of them; which should be destroyed by the Chaldeans, as a forest is cut down by hewers of wood; the metaphor is here continued. The Targum interprets this of the princes of Egypt, and the destruction of them; though it cannot be searched;
either the forest of Egypt, which was so thick of trees; that is, the land was so full of towns and cities, that they could not be searched and numbered; and though the way through it seemed impassable, yet was made passable by the hewers of wood: or its destruction would be so general, "that it cannot be searched" F15; or found out, where this forest was, where those trees grew, not one of them standing: or else this is to be understood of the Chaldean army, which was so great, that it could not be numbered: because they are more than the grasshoppers, and [are] innumerable;
which creatures come in large numbers, and eat up every green tree and herb; and so the Chaldean army, being alike numerous, would easily cut down the trees of this forest, though they were so many.


FOOTNOTES:

F15 (rqxy al yk) "ut non investigetur", Calvin.
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Geremia 46:23 In-Context

21 E benchè la gente che egli avea a suo soldo, fosse dentro di esso come vitelli di stia, pur si son messi in volta anch’essi, son fuggiti tutti quanti, non si sono fermati; perciocchè il giorno della lor calamità è sopraggiunto loro, il tempo della lor visitazione.
22 La voce di esso uscirà, a guisa di quella della serpe; perciocchè coloro, cammineranno con poderoso esercito, e verranno contro a lui con iscuri, come tagliatori di legne.
23 Taglieranno il suo bosco, dice il Signore, il cui conto non poteva rinvenirsi; perciocchè essi saranno in maggior numero che locuste, anzi saranno, innumerabili.
24 La figliuola di Egitto è svergognata, è data in man del popolo di Settentrione. Il Signor degli eserciti, l’Iddio, d’Israele, ha detto;
25 Ecco, io fo punizione della moltitudine di No, e di Faraone, e dell’Egitto, e de’ suoi dii, e de’ suoi re; di Faraone, e di quelli che si confidano in lui.
The Giovanni Diodati Bible is in the public domain.

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