Jeremias 26:23

23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, for cannot at all be conjectured, for it exceeds the locust in multitude, and they are innumerable.

Jeremias 26:23 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 26:23

And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt
Having found him, they seized him, and brought him away, with the leave of the king of Egypt: which, no doubt, was easily obtained: and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who slew him with the sword;
very probably with his own hand; or however it was done by his order, and in his presence, most likely: and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people;
either where they were buried in heaps promiscuously, as some think; or in the common burying ground; and not where persons of distinction were laid, as prophets, and others ^F7; this he did to reflect dishonour upon the prophet.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Vid. Nicolai de Sepulchris Heb. c. 3. p. 126.

Jeremias 26:23 In-Context

21 Also her hired in the midst of her are as fatted calves fed in her; for they also have turned, and fled with one accord: they stood not, for the day of destruction was come upon them, and the time of their retribution.

22 Their voice is as of a hissing serpent, for they go upon the sand; they shall come upon Egypt with axes, as men that cut wood.

23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, for cannot at all be conjectured, for it exceeds the locust in multitude, and they are innumerable.

24 The daughter of Egypt is confounded; she is delivered into the hands of a people from the north.

25 Behold, I avenge Ammon her son upon Pharao, and upon them that trust in him.