God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 46:19
19Pack your bags, inhabitants of Egypt, because you will be taken away as captives. Memphis will become a dreary wasteland, a pile of rubble where no one lives.
Jeremiah 46:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
- New International Version (NIV)Pack your belongings for exile, you who live in Egypt, for Memphis will be laid waste and lie in ruins without inhabitant.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Prepare yourselves baggage for exile, O inhabitants of Egypt! For Memphis shall become a waste, a ruin, without inhabitant.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O you daughter dwelling in Egypt, Prepare yourself to go into captivity! For Noph shall be waste and desolate, without inhabitant.
Context of Jeremiah 46:19
17There they will cry, ‘Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is a big windbag. He has missed his chance.’ 18“As I live,” declares the king, whose name is the Lord of Armies, “someone who is like Mount Tabor among the mountains will come. Someone who is like Mount Carmel by the sea will come. Pack your bags, inhabitants of Egypt, because you will be taken away as captives. Memphis will become a dreary wasteland, a pile of rubble where no one lives. 20“Egypt is like a beautiful cow, but a horsefly from the north will attack it. 21Egypt’s hired soldiers are like fattened calves. They will turn and run away together. They won’t stand their ground. The day of destruction is coming. At that time they will be punished.
Read all of Jeremiah 46Jeremiah 46:19 word by word
כְּלֵ֤י גוֹלָה֙ עֲשִׂ֣י לָ֔ךְ יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת בַּת־מִצְרָ֑יִם כִּֽי־נֹף֙ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ה וְנִצְּתָ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- O thou daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
- dwellingיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- in Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
- furnishעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- thyself to go into captivityגּוֹלָהgôlâh gôlâh · captivityH1473
- thyself to go into captivityכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
- for Nophנֹף, מֹףnôph · MemphisH5297
- shall be wasteשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: destroyedH8047
- and desolateיָצַתyâtsath · to kindleH3341
Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:19
- Jeremiah 48:18“People of Dibon, come down from your place of honor and sit on the dry ground. The destroyers of Moab will attack you. They will destroy your fortresses.
- Isaiah 20:4The king of Assyria will lead away both the young and the old—captives from Egypt and exiles from Sudan. They will be barefoot and naked. Their buttocks will be exposed in order to disgrace Egypt.
- Ezekiel 12:3“Son of man, pack your bags as if you were going into exile. Let the people see you leave in the daylight. March like a captive from your place to another place as they watch. Maybe they will understand, even though they are rebellious people.
- Jeremiah 44:1The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah about all the Jews living in Egypt at Migdol, Tahpanhes, Noph, and Pathros.
- Ezekiel 30:13“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: I will destroy the statues and put an end to the idols in Memphis. A prince will never rise again in Egypt. I will spread fear throughout Egypt.
- Jeremiah 26:9Why do you prophesy in the Lord’s name that this temple will be like Shiloh and this city will become a pile of rubble with no one living here?” Then all the people crowded around Jeremiah in the Lord’s temple.
- Jeremiah 34:22I am going to give a command,” declares the Lord. “I will bring that army back to this city to attack it, capture it, and burn it down. I will destroy the cities of Judah so that no one will live there.”
- Jeremiah 51:29The earth trembles and writhes in pain. The Lord carries out his plans against Babylon to make Babylon a wasteland so that no one will live there.
- Zephaniah 2:5How horrible it will be for those who live on the seacoast, for the nation from Crete. The Lord’s word is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you so that no one will be living there.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 46:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Furnish thyself to go into captivity - The thing is unavoidable; prepare for this calamity.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Literally, “O thou inhabitant daughter of Egypt,” an equivalent here for Egypt and its whole population. Furnish thyself - literally, make for thee vessels of banishment, not merely the packages necessary, but their outfit generally.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-28Verses 13-28 Those who encroached on others, shall now be themselves encroached on. Egypt is now like a very fair heifer, not accustomed to the yoke of subjection; but destruction comes out of the north: the Chaldeans shall come. Comfort and peace are spoken to the Israel of God, designed to encourage them when the judgments of God were abroad among the nations. He will be with them, and only correct them in measure; and will not punish them with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Memphis will be laid waste: This happened in 568 and 567 BC when Nebuchadnezzar invaded Egypt.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-2613-26. Prophecy of the invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place sixteen years after the taking of Jerusalem. Having spent thirteen years in the siege of Tyre, and having obtained nothing for his pains, he is promised by God Egypt for his reward in humbling Tyre (Eze 29:17-20; 30:1-31:18). The intestine commotions between Amasis and Pharaoh-hophra prepared his way (compare Note, see on Is 19:1, &c.).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 46
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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