Jeremiah 43:9

9 sume in manu tua lapides grandes et absconde eos in crypta quae est sub muro latericio in porta domus Pharaonis in Tafnis cernentibus viris iudaeis

Jeremiah 43:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 43:9

Take great stones in thine hand
In both his hands, as big as he could carry: and hide them in the clay in the brick kiln;
there was much clay in Egypt, through the overflowing of the Nile, and particularly at this place Tahpanhes, which had its name of Pelusiae from hence; and here was a brick kiln; not a place where bricks were burnt, but where they were foraged; and so here was the clay of which they were made, and in which these stones were to be hid: which [is] at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes;
this brick kiln stood not directly at the entrance into the king's palace, but at the door of a wall of a park or garden, which belonged to the palace, from whence there was an open way to it; here the stones were to be laid. Since a brick kiln so near a king's palace seems not agreeable, Gussetius F8 thinks (Nblm) signifies a poplar walk, from (hnbl) , a poplar tree, whose shade is very grateful, ( Hosea 4:13 ) ; to which the courtiers betook themselves at certain times, and walked in for pleasure; in the sight of the men of Judah;
not in the sight of the Egyptians, who would not understand the design of it, nor were they to be instructed by it; but in the sight of the Jews, who would at once imagine that something was intended, being used to such symbols, and would inquire the meaning of it; and which is explained in ( Jeremiah 43:10 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F8 Ebr. Comment. p. 470.

Jeremiah 43:9 In-Context

7 et ingressi sunt terram Aegypti quia non oboedierunt voci Domini et venerunt usque ad Tafnas
8 et factus est sermo Domini ad Hieremiam in Tafnis dicens
9 sume in manu tua lapides grandes et absconde eos in crypta quae est sub muro latericio in porta domus Pharaonis in Tafnis cernentibus viris iudaeis
10 et dices ad eos haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel ecce ego mittam et adsumam Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis servum meum et ponam thronum eius super lapides istos quos abscondi et statuet solium suum super eos
11 veniensque percutiet terram Aegypti quos in morte in morte et quos in captivitate in captivitate et quos in gladio in gladio
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