Jeremías 46:23

23 Cortaron su monte, dice el SEÑOR, porque no podrán ser contados; porque serán más que langostas, ni tendrán número

Jeremías 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (rqxy al yk) "ut non investigetur", Calvin.

Jeremías 46:23 In-Context

21 Sus soldados también en medio de ella como becerros engordados, que también ellos se volvieron, huyeron todos sin pararse; porque vino sobre ellos el día de su quebrantamiento, el tiempo de su visitación

22 Su voz saldrá como de serpiente; porque con ejército vendrán, y con hachas vienen a ella como cortadores de leña

23 Cortaron su monte, dice el SEÑOR, porque no podrán ser contados; porque serán más que langostas, ni tendrán número

24 Se avergonzó la hija de Egipto; entregada será en mano del pueblo del aquilón

25 Dijo el SEÑOR de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: He aquí que yo visito el pueblo de Alejandría, al Faraón y a Egipto, a sus dioses y a sus reyes; y al Faraón, y a los que en él confían