Jeremias 46:8

8 O Egito se levanta como o Nilo,como rios de águas agitadas.Ele diz: ‘Eu me levantarei e cobrirei a terra;destruirei as cidades e os seus habitantes’.

Jeremias 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.

Jeremias 46:8 In-Context

6 “O ágil não consegue fugir,nem o forte escapar.No norte, junto ao rio Eufrates,eles tropeçam e caem.

7 “Quem é aquele que se levanta como o Nilo,como rios de águas agitadas?

8 O Egito se levanta como o Nilo,como rios de águas agitadas.Ele diz: ‘Eu me levantarei e cobrirei a terra;destruirei as cidades e os seus habitantes’.

9 Ao ataque, cavalos!Avancem, carros de guerra!Marchem em frente, guerreiros!Homens da Etiópia e da Líbia, que levam escudos;homens da Lídia, que empunham o arco!

10 Mas aquele dia pertence ao Soberano, ao SENHOR dos Exércitos.Será um dia de vingança, para vingar-se dos seus adversários.A espada devorará até saciar-se,até satisfazer sua sede de sangue.Porque o Soberano, o SENHOR dos Exércitos,fará um banquete na terra do norte, junto ao rio Eufrates.