Jeremías 46:7

7 »¿Quién es ese que sube como el Nilo,como ríos de aguas agitadas?

Jeremías 46:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 46:7

Who [is] this [that] cometh up as a flood
These are either the words of the prophet, who having a vision in prophecy of the march of the Egyptian army from the south to the north, which he compares to a flood; in allusion to the river Nile, which used to overflow its banks, and spread itself over the land; because of the vast numbers of which it consisted; because of the noise it made, and, because of its rapidity and force, threatening to bear all down before it; as wondering, asks, who it was, whose army it was, and to whom it belonged? or they are the words of God, who puts this question, in order to, give an answer to it, and thereby upbraid the Egyptians with their arrogance, pride, and vanity; which would all come to nothing: whose waters are moved as the rivers?
whose numerous armies came with a great noise and force, like the openings of the Nile, the seven gates of it; which were very boisterous, especially in hard gales of wind: it is no unusual thing for large armies to be compared to floods and rivers, which move forcibly and swiftly, and make a large spread; see ( Isaiah 8:7 Isaiah 8:8 ) ( Ezekiel 26:3 Ezekiel 26:19 ) . The Targum is,

``who is this that comes up with his army as a cloud, and covers the earth, and as a fountain of water, whose waters are moved?''

Jeremías 46:7 In-Context

5 Pero ¿qué es lo que veo?Sus guerreros están derrotados;aterrados retroceden.Sin mirar atrás, huyen despavoridos.¡Cunde el terror por todas partes!—afirma el SEÑOR—.
6 El más veloz no puede huirni el más fuerte, escapar.En el norte, a orillas del río Éufratestrastabillan y caen.
7 »¿Quién es ese que sube como el Nilo,como ríos de aguas agitadas?
8 Es Egipto, que trepa como el Nilo,como ríos de aguas agitadas.Dice Egipto: “Subiré y cubriré toda la tierra;destruiré las ciudades y sus habitantes”.
9 ¡Ataquen, corceles!¡Carros, avancen con furia!¡Que marchen los guerreros!¡Que tomen sus escudoslos soldados de Cus y de Fut!¡Que tensen el arcolos soldados de Lidia!
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