Jeremías 46:21

21 Los mercenarios en sus filasson como novillos cebados;también ellos se vuelven atrás;todos juntos huyen sin detenerse,porque ha llegado el día de su ruina,el momento de su castigo.

Jeremías 46:21 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 46:21

All her hired men [are] in the midst of her like fatted
bullocks
Or, "bullocks of the stall" ^F11; soldiers of other countries, that were hired into the service of Egypt, and lived so deliciously there, that they were unfit for war, and were like fatted beasts prepared for the slaughter. The Targum and Jarchi interpret it, her princes ^F12; who had the care of this heifer, and of the feeding of it; these themselves were like that, nourished for the day of slaughter: for they also are turned back, [and] are fled away together;
they turned their backs upon the enemy in battle, and fled in great confusion and precipitancy; see ( Jeremiah 46:15 Jeremiah 46:16 ) ; they did not stand;
and face the enemy, and light him, but fell or fled before him: because the day of their calamity was come upon them, [and] the time of
their visitation;
the time appointed by the Lord to visit and punish them, and bring destruction on them for their sins.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (qbrm ylgek) "velut vituli saginae", Montanus, Cocceius,
F12 So R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 50. 2.

Jeremías 46:21 In-Context

19 Tú, que habitas en Egipto,prepara tu equipaje para el exilio,porque Menfis se convertirá en desolación,en una ruina deshabitada.

20 »Novilla hermosa es Egipto,pero viene contra ella un tábano del norte.

21 Los mercenarios en sus filasson como novillos cebados;también ellos se vuelven atrás;todos juntos huyen sin detenerse,porque ha llegado el día de su ruina,el momento de su castigo.

22 Egipto huye silbando como serpiente,pues el enemigo avanza con fuerza.Se acercan contra ella con hachas,como si fueran leñadores;

23 por impenetrables que sean sus bosques,los talan por completo—afirma el SEÑOR—.Más numerosos que langostas,son los leñadores;nadie los puede contar.