Jeremias 46:23

23 Eles derrubarão sua floresta”,declara o SENHOR,“por mais densa que seja.São mais que os gafanhotos;são incontáveis!

Jeremias 46:23 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 46:23

They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord
The land of Egypt, compared to a forest, for the multitude of its cities and towns, and the inhabitants of them; which should be destroyed by the Chaldeans, as a forest is cut down by hewers of wood; the metaphor is here continued. The Targum interprets this of the princes of Egypt, and the destruction of them; though it cannot be searched;
either the forest of Egypt, which was so thick of trees; that is, the land was so full of towns and cities, that they could not be searched and numbered; and though the way through it seemed impassable, yet was made passable by the hewers of wood: or its destruction would be so general, "that it cannot be searched" ^F15; or found out, where this forest was, where those trees grew, not one of them standing: or else this is to be understood of the Chaldean army, which was so great, that it could not be numbered: because they are more than the grasshoppers, and [are] innumerable;
which creatures come in large numbers, and eat up every green tree and herb; and so the Chaldean army, being alike numerous, would easily cut down the trees of this forest, though they were so many.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (rqxy al yk) "ut non investigetur", Calvin.

Jeremias 46:23 In-Context

21 Os mercenários em suas fileirassão como bezerros gordos.Eles também darão meia volta e juntos fugirão;não defenderão suas posições,pois o dia da derrota deles está chegando,a hora de serem castigados.

22 O Egito silvará como uma serpente em fugaà medida que o inimigo avança com grande força.Virão sobre ele com machados,como os homens que derrubam árvores.

23 Eles derrubarão sua floresta”,declara o SENHOR,“por mais densa que seja.São mais que os gafanhotos;são incontáveis!

24 A cidade do Egito será envergonhada,será entregue nas mãos do povo do norte”.

25 O SENHOR dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel, diz: “Castigarei Amom, deus de Tebas, o faraó, o Egito, seus deuses e seus reis, e também os que confiam no faraó.