Jeremiah 46:8

8 Egypt rises up like the Nile River, like strong, fast rivers. Egypt says, 'I will rise up and cover the earth. I will destroy cities and the people in them!'

Jeremiah 46:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 46:8

Egypt riseth up as a flood, and [his] waters are moved like the
rivers
This is the answer to the above question; that it was Egypt that was seen; the king of Egypt, as the Syriac version; he with his army, as the Targum; and which was so numerous, that it seemed as if the whole country of Egypt, all the inhabitants of it, were come along with him; these rose up like the Nile, and moved like the several sluices of it, with great velocity and force, as if they would carry all before them: and he saith, I will go up;
Pharaohnecho king of Egypt said, I will go up from my own land to the north, to meet the king of Babylon: [and] will cover the earth;
with his army: even all, the north country, the whole Babylonish empire; which he affected to be master of, grasping at, universal monarchy: I will destroy the city, and the inhabitants thereof;
which Abarbinel restrains to the city Carchemish, where his army was smitten: but it is better to interpret, the singular by the plural, as the Targum does, "I will destroy cities"; since it was not a single city he came up to take, nor would this satisfy his ambitious temper.

Jeremiah 46:8 In-Context

6 "The fast runners cannot run away; the strong soldiers cannot escape. They stumble and fall in the north, by the Euphrates River.

7 Who is this, rising up like the Nile River, like strong, fast rivers?

8 Egypt rises up like the Nile River, like strong, fast rivers. Egypt says, 'I will rise up and cover the earth. I will destroy cities and the people in them!'

9 Horsemen, charge into battle! Chariot drivers, drive hard! March on, brave soldiers -- soldiers from the countries of Cush and Put who carry shields, soldiers from Lydia who use bows.

10 "But that day belongs to the Lord God All-Powerful. At that time he will give those people the punishment they deserve. The sword will kill until it is finished, until it satisfies its thirst for their blood. in the land of the north, by the Euphrates River.