Jeremías 46:8

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”.

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 46:8 In-Context

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!

10 »Aquel día perteneceal Señor, al SEÑORTodopoderoso.Será un día de venganza;se vengará de sus enemigos.La espada devorará hasta saciarse;con sangre apagará su sed.En la tierra del norte,a orillas del río Éufrates,el Señor, el SEÑOR Todopoderoso,realizará una matanza.