Jeremiah 25:19
Pharaoh <06547> [Pharaoh.]
Jeremiah 46:1-26
spoke <01697> [The word.]
This is a general title to the prophecies contained in this and the following chapters, concerning different nations which had less or more connexion with the Jews, either as enemies, neighbours, or allies. They were not delivered at the same time: to some the date is annexed; in others it is left uncertain.
nations <01471> [against.]
Egypt .......... Egypt <04714> [Against Egypt.]
Pharaoh Necho <06549> [Pharaoh-necho.]
[Pharaoh-nechoh.]
[Necho.]
Carchemish <03751> [Carchemish.]
fourth <07243> [in the.]
This is a poetical and ironical call to the Egyptians to muster their forces; and implies that all their courage and efforts would be vain.
Sharpen <04838> [furbish.]
armor <05630> [brigandines.]
soldiers <01368> [and their.]
defeated <03807> [beaten down. Heb. broken in pieces. fled apace. Heb. fled a flight.]
terror <04032> [fear.]
swiftest <07031> [not.]
stumble <03782> [stumble.]
north <06828> [toward.]
rises <05927> [Who.]
Nile <02975> [as a flood.]
rises ................ arise <05927> [riseth.]
rises ................ arise <05927> [I will go.]
Drive furiously <01984> [rage.]
Ethiopia <03568> [Ethiopians. Heb. Cush and Put.]
[Phut.]
[Phut.]
[Lubim.]
Lydia <03866> [Lydians.]
[Ludim.]
[Lud.]
day .............. day <03117> [the day.]
sword <02719> [the sword.]
north <06828> [the north.]
Gilead <01568> [Gilead.]
dear poor people <01330> [O virgin.]
useless <07723> [in vain.]
healing <08585> [thou shalt not be cured. Heb. no cure shall be unto thee.]
hear <08085> [heard.]
cries of distress <06682> [thy cry.]
trip over <03782> [stumbled.]
Nebuchadnezzar <05019> [Cir A.M. 3398. B.C. 606. Nebuchadrezzar.]
Migdol <04024> [Migdol.]
Take your positions <03320> [Stand.]
enemy army <02719> [the sword.]
soldiers <047> [thy.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
many stumble <03782 07235> [made many to fall. Heb. multiplied the faller. one.]
say <0559> [they said.]
Pharaoh <06547> [Pharaoh.]
swear <05002> [saith.]
Tabor <08396> [Tabor.]
Mount Carmel <03760> [Carmel.]
dear <01323> [thou.]
bags <06213 03627> [furnish thyself to go into captivity. Heb. make thee instruments of captivity.]
Memphis <05297> [Noph.]
Noph, or Moph, is the celebrated city of Memphis, as the Chaldee and LXX. render; long the residence of the ancient Egyptian kings, and situated fifteen miles above where the Delta begins, on the western side of the Nile. It was in the neighbourhood of Memphis that the famous pyramids were erected, whose grandeur and beauty still astonish the modern traveller: they are about twenty in number; the largest of which is 481 feet perpendicular height, and the area of its basis is on 480,249 square feet, or something more than eleven acres, being exactly the size of Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. The immense ruins between the northern and southern pyramids, and about fourteen miles from Cairo, still called Memf, Menf, or Menouf, seem to mark the site of this city.
waste <08047> [waste.]
beautiful <03304> [a very.]
attack <0935> [it cometh.]
mercenaries <07916> [her hired.]
pampered well-fed <04770> [like.]
pampered well-fed calves <05695 04770> [fatted bullocks. Heb. bullocks of the stall.]
stand <05975> [they did.]
time <03117> [the day.]
hissing <06963> [voice.]
come <0935> [and come.]
<03772> [cut.]
numerous <07231> [because.]
dear <01323> [daughter.]
put <05414> [she shall.]
Amon <0527> [multitude. or, nourisher. Heb. Amon. No.]
God ...................... gods <0430> [with their.]
kings <04428> [and their.]
trust <0982> [and all.]
hand <05414> [I will.]
later <0310> [and afterward.]
Isaiah 19:1-25
Egypt ............ Egypt ..... Egypt ...... Egyptians <04714> [Egypt.]
rides <07392> [rideth.]
idols <0457> [the idols.]
courage <03824> [the heart.]
provoke <05526> [I will.]
provoke <05526> [set. Heb. mingle.]
panic <07307> [the spirit.]
This is a prophecy of what took place in Egypt about twenty-two years after the destruction of Sennacherib's army; when, upon the death of Tirhakah, (B.C. 688,) not being able to settle about the succession, they continued for two years in a state of anarchy, confusion, and civil wars; which was followed by the tyranny of twelve princes, who, dividing the country among them, governed it for fifteen years; and at last, by the sole dominion of Psammiticus, which he held for fifty-four years.
panic <01238> [fail. Heb. be emptied. and I.]
confuse <01104> [destroy. Heb. swallow up.]
seek guidance <01875> [and they.]
hand <05534> [give over. or, shut up.]
harsh master ............ master <0113 07186> [a cruel lord.]
Rather, "cruel lords," agreeable to the LXX., Syriac, Vulgate, and the original {adonim kasheh.} Nebuchadnezzar, who first conquered and ravaged Egypt, B.C. 573, and the following year; and then, not only his successors, but Cambyses, (who invaded Egypt, B.C. 526,) the son of Cyrus, and the whole succession of Persian kings till the time of Alexander, who were in general hard masters, and grievously oppressed the country.
streams <02975> [and the.]
bulrushes <07070> [the reeds.]
cultivated land <04218> [every.]
[be no more. Heb. shall not be.]
make <05647> [work.]
turn pale <02355> [net works. or, white works.]
cloth <08356> [purposes. Heb. foundations. make.]
depressed <05315> [for fish. or, of living things.]
officials <08269> [the princes.]
Zoan <06814> [Zoan.]
stupid <01197> [brutish.]
one <01121> [I am.]
where oh ..... wise <0335 0645 02450> [where are thy.]
tell ..... find <05046 03045> [let them.]
officials ... Zoan ..... officials <06814 08269> [princes of Zoan.]
Memphis <05297> [Noph.]
rulers <06438> [stay. or, governors. Heb. corners.]
<04537> [hath mingled.]
undiscerning <07307 05773> [perverse spirit. Heb. spirit of perverseness. as a.]
women <0802> [like.]
brandishes <08573> [the shaking.]
land <0127> [the land.]
<06440> [because.]
time <03117> [that day.]
five <02568> [shall five.]
speak <01696> [speak.]
language <08193> [language. Heb. lip.]
swear <07650> [and swear.]
Sun <02041> [destruction. Heb. Heres, or, the sun.]
Instead of {heres,} "destruction," which is also the reading of Aquila, Theodotion, and the Syriac, fifteen MSS. and seven editions have {cheres,} "the sun;" agreeable to Symmachus, the Arabic, and Vulagte; while the Chaldee takes in both readings; and the LXX. reads [polis asedek,] "the city of righteousness," a name apparently contrived by the party of Onias, to give credit to his temple. As, however, {heres} in Arabic signifies a lion, Conrad Ikenius is of opinion that the place here mentioned is not Heliopolis, as is commonly supposed, but Leontopolis in the Heliopolitan nome, as it is termed in the letter of Onias to Ptolemy. The whole passage, from this verse to the end, contains a general intimation of the propagation of the knowledge of the true God in Egypt and Syria, under the successors of Alexander, and the early reception of the gospel in the same countries.
visual reminder <0226 05707> [for a.]
cry out <06817> [they shall.]
send <07971> [he shall send.]
Lord ... reveal ......... acknowledge ... Lord's .................. Lord <03068 03045> [Lord shall.]
authority ....... present ..... they <05647> [and shall.]
make <05087> [shall vow.]
strike ... striking <05062> [he shall smite.]
turn <07725> [they shall.]
Israel <03478> [shall.]
blessing <01293> [a blessing.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
blessing ...... Blessed <01288> [Blessed.]
Israel <03478> [and Israel.]
Ezekiel 29:19-20
give <05414> [I will.]
carry off .... capture ... loot ... seize <07997 07998 0962 05375> [take her spoil, and take her pray. Heb. spoil her spoil, and prey her prey.]
compensation <06468> [labour. or, hire. served.]
Ezekiel 30:1--32:32
Wail <03213> [Howl.]
day ... near ... day ...... near ...... day <03117 07138> [the day is.]
clouds <06051> [a cloudy.]
time <06256> [the time.]
sword <02719> [the sword.]
panic <02479> [pain. or, fear.]
carry away <03947> [and they.]
foundations <03247> [and her.]
Ethiopia <03568> [Ethiopia.]
Put <06316> [Libya. Heb. Phut.]
<06153> [all the.]
people <01121> [men. Heb. children. that is.]
supporters <05564> [They also.]
Migdol ... Syene <04024 05482> [from the tower of Syene. or, from Migdol to Syene.]
know <03045> [shall know.]
ignite <05414> [when I.]
<07665> [destroyed. Heb. broken.]
messengers <04397> [messengers.]
overly confident <0983> [careless.]
panic <02479> [great.]
coming <0935> [lo.]
hordes <01995> [I will.]
hand <03027> [by the.]
terrifying <06184> [the terrible.]
fill <04390> [and fill.]
[Re 14.20 19.18]
will ......... land .......... land <05414 0776> [I will make.]
dry up <02724> [dry. Heb. drought. sell.]
everything <04393> [all that is therein. Heb. the fullness thereof.]
hand .... over to ................ hand <03027> [by the hand.]
destroy <06> [I will also.]
Memphis <05297> [Noph.]
[Memphis. Heb. Moph. there shall.]
make <05414> [put.]
Pathros <06624> [Pathros.]
Zoan <06814> [Zoan. or, Tanis.]
execute <06213> [will execute.]
pour out <08210> [I will pour.]
Pelusium <05512> [Sin. or, Pelusium.]
Now Tineh, a town of Egypt, situated at the eastern extremity of the Delta, twenty stadia from the Mediterranean, near the lake of Menzaleh, and upon a branch of the Nile, to which it gave name. It was the key of Egypt on the side of Judea and Syria, and was therefore strongly fortified and garrisoned; but it is now quite in ruins.
On <0206> [Aven. or, Heliopolis.]
Pi-beseth <06364> [Pibeseth. or Pubastum.]
Situated on the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, near the top of the Delta.
Tahpanhes <08471> [Tehaphnehes.]
[Tahapanes.]
[Tahpanhes. the day.]
dark <02821> [darkened. or, restrained. I shall break.]
pride <01347> [the pomp.]
cloud <06051> [a cloud.]
[A.M. 3416. B.C. 588.]
Son ... man <01121 0120> [Son of man.]
This prophecy was delivered soon after the Egyptians under Pharaoh-hophra had come to relieve Jerusalem, and some months before the city was taken, being the eleventh year of Jeremiah's captivity, and answering to April 26, A.M. 3416. When the king of Babylon took from the king of Egypt, in the days of Pharaoh-necho, all his dominions in Asia, one of his arms was broken. God now declared that he should never recover these territories, or gain any ascendancy in that part of the world; nay, that his other arm, which was now strong, should soon be broken, and rendered utterly useless. This was fulfilled when Hophra was dethroned and driven into Upper Egypt by Amasis; and then Nebuchadnezzar, taking advantage of this civil discord, invaded and conquered that kingdom, and enslaved, dispersed, and carried captive the Egyptians.
broken <07665> [I have.]
bandaged <02280> [it shall not.]
Pharaoh <06547> [I am.]
break ......... broken <07665> [will break.]
strong <02389> [the strong.]
break ......... broken <07665> [and that.]
sword <02719> [I will.]
strengthen ..................... break <02388 07665> [I will.]
place <05414> [and put.]
groan <05008> [he shall.]
know <03045> [they shall know.]
scatter <06327> [I will.]
know <03045> [they shall.]
first <0259> [in the eleventh.]
On Sunday, June 19, A.M. 3416, according to Usher; and about a month before the capture of Jerusalem.
say <0559> [speak.]
hordes <01995> [to his.]
like <01819> [Whom.]
Assyria <0804> [the Assyrian.]
cedar <0730> [a cedar.]
[with fair branches. Heb. fair of branches. of an high.]
water <04325> [waters.]
grow <01431> [made him great. or, nourished him. set. or, brought. little rivers. or, conduits.]
taller <06967> [his height.]
The Assyrian king, to whom Pharaoh is compared, from his great power, extensive dominion, and the protection he afforded, resembled the spreading branches, thick shade, and high stature of a flourishing cedar on mount Lebanon. The fruitful lands of Assyria; the immense revenues he drew from vast multitudes in his extensive territories; his lucrative commerce, by the river Tigris, with the countries on the Indian ocean; and all the various sources of his wealth and prosperity, resembled the rivers and streams which cause the trees planted by them to grow and flourish exceedingly; and hence the empire and its head were exalted above all the kingdoms of the earth.
shoots <07971> [he shot forth. or, it sent them forth.]
cedars <0730> [cedars.]
tree <06086> [nor any.]
made <06213> [made.]
trees <06086> [all the trees.]
envied <07065> [envied.]
says <0559> [Therefore.]
The allegory and its interpretation are here combined; and the Assyrian monarch, though already destroyed, is poetically addressed.
tall <01361> [Because.]
proud <03824> [and his.]
gave <05414> [delivered.]
leader <0410> [the mighty.]
Nebuchadnezzar, the subverter of the Assyrian empire.
has <06213> [he shall surely deal with him. Heb. in doing he shall do unto him.]
out <01644> [I have driven.]
Foreigners <02114> [strangers.]
mountains <02022> [upon.]
down <03381> [gone.]
trees <06086> [the end.]
high ........ appointed <05975 01363> [stand up in their height. or, stand upon themselves for their height. delivered.]
lower parts <08482> [the nether.]
lament <056> [I caused a.]
The deep and all the mighty rivers which cherished this fair tree are here described as mourning at his downfall: they stop their usual courses to bewail his fate, and Lebanon with all its stately trees, (his confederates and allies,) sympathise with him in his misfortunes.
black <06937> [mourn. Heb. be black.]
nations <01471> [made.]
down ........ descend <03381> [When I.]
trees <06086> [and all.]
comforted <05162> [shall be comforted.]
went down <03381> [went.]
allies <02220> [that were.]
lived <03427> [dwelt.]
like <01819> [To whom.]
Pharaoh is here called upon to look in his mirror, and see the termination of his glory and greatness.
like <01819> [art thou.]
trees .................. trees <06086> [with the.]
lie <07901> [thou shalt.]
Pharaoh <06547> [This is.]
That is, the judgment that befel the king of Assyria, is an exact representation of the destruction that remains for Pharaoh and all his people.
month ....... month <08147 02320> [A.M. 3417. B.C. 587. in the twelfth.]
On Wednesday, March 22, A.M. 3417, the twelfth year of Jeconiah's captivity, about a year and half after the destruction of Jerusalem, and at a time when Pharaoh was in power and prosperity.
sing <05375> [take up.]
like <01819> [Thou art like.]
monster <08577> [and thou art as.]
monster <08577> [whale. or, dragon. and troubledst.]
put <05414> [And I.]
To represent the power, rapaciousness, and cruelty of Pharaoh, he had been compared to a fierce young lion, and also to an immense, overgrown sea-monster, or crocodile; and here it is predicted that God would cast a net over him, by which many companies of people should drag him out of his rivers, and cast him into the open field, mountains, valleys, etc., to be devoured by birds and beasts of prey; that is, his ruin would be complete, and attended with terrible miseries to the Egyptians, and afford a large booty to their enemies.
drench <08248> [water.]
land <0776> [the land.]
Egypt, so called because interspersed by numerous canals, and overflowed annually by the Nile.
flow <06824> [wherein thou swimmest. or, of thy swimming.]
extinguish <03518> [put thee out. or, extinguish thee.]
cover ... sky ......... cover <03680 08064> [I will cover the heaven.]
Destroy the empire.
darken <06937> [make.]
Overwhelm the dependent states.
sun <08121> [the sun.]
The king.
moon <03394> [the moon.]
The queen, or some state less than the kingdom.
lights .... sky <0216 08064 03974> [bright lights of heaven. Heb. lights of the light in heaven.]
darken <06937> [dark. Heb. them dark.]
darken <02822 05414> [set darkness upon.]
Involve the whole land in desolation and woe.
disturb <03707> [vex. Heb. provoke to anger, or grief.]
bring <0935> [when.]
I will shock <08074> [amazed.]
sword <02719> [my sword.]
tremble <02729> [and they.]
sword <02719> [The sword.]
terrifying <06184> [the terrible.]
devastate <07703> [they shall.]
destroy <06> [destroy.]
foot <07272> [neither.]
streams <05104> [and cause.]
The neighbouring countries shall be in a state of quietness, like a river that smoothly glides along, having no longer a political crocodile to foul their waters, or to disturb their peace.
everything <08074 04393> [destitute of that whereof. Heb. desolate from the fulness thereof.]
know <03045> [then.]
<08147> [in the twelfth.]
fifteenth <02568> [the fifteenth.]
That is, of the twelfth month, just a fortnight after the preceding prophecy.
wail <05091> [wail.]
down ...................... descend <03381> [cast.]
That is, predict that they shall be cast down.
daughters <01323> [the daughters.]
The cities and colonies of the celebrated nations afterwards enumerated.
lower parts <08482> [unto the.]
surpass <05276> [dost.]
down <03381> [go.]
uncircumcised <06189> [with.]
fall <05307> [fall.]
by ... sword ... sword <05414 02719> [she is delivered to the sword. or, the sword is laid. draw.]
bravest <0410> [strong.]
Pharaoh is here represented as descending into the regions of the dead, whither many mighty warriors and potentates had gone before him, who welcome him to their dreary mansion.
down <03381> [gone.]
[Assur.]
graves <06913> [graves.]
The niches in the sides of the subterranean burying places.
spread <05414> [which.]
terror <02851> [terror. or, dismaying. the land.]
Elam <05867> [Elam.]
down ............................. descend <03381> [which are.]
spread <05414> [which caused.]
bear <05375> [borne.]
made ... bed .............................................. placed <05414 04904> [set her.]
bed <04904> [a bed.]
A cell, or bier, in the sepulchral vault, in which the corpse was deposited.
uncircumcised <06189> [all of them.]
terror <02851> [though.]
Meshech-Tubal <04902> [Meshech.]
Supposed to be the Moschi, a people between Iberia and Armenia, from whom, probably the Muscovites are descended.
Meshech-Tubal <08422> [Tubal.]
Probably the Tibarenians, a people of Pontus, west of the Moschians.
uncircumcised <06189> [all of.]
spread <05414> [caused.]
lie <07901> [shall not.]
Sheol <07585> [to hell.]
That is, to the grave; and are buried in their armour, with their weapons lying by their sides, as was a very ancient practice in various nations.
weapons ... war <04421 03627> [their weapons of war. Heb. weapons of their war.]
shields <05771> [but.]
Edom <0123> [Edom.]
Despite <05414> [laid. Heb. given, or put.]
leaders <05257> [the princes.]
The kings of Media, Armenia, and other nations north of Chaldea, or of the Syrians and others north of Judah, with "all the Zidonians," kings of Zidon, Tyre, and other cities of Phoenicia.
bear <05375> [and bear.]
Pharaoh ... see ................ Pharaoh <06547 07200> [Pharaoh shall.]
Pharaoh, who said he was a god, shall be found among the dead.
consoled <05162> [shall be.]
Shall console himself, when he sees all these mighty nations and proud conquerors in the same condition as himself.
