Jeremiah 46:22

Jeremiah 46:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
• New International Version (NIV)Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent as the enemy advances in force; they will come against her with axes, like men who cut down trees.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"She makes a sound like a serpent gliding away; for her enemies march in force and come against her with axes like those who fell trees.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Egypt flees, silent as a serpent gliding away. The invading army marches in; they come against her with axes like woodsmen.

Context of Jeremiah 46:22

20“Egypt is a very pretty heifer, But destruction comes, it comes from the north. 21Also her mercenaries are in her midst like fat bulls, For they also are turned back, They have fled away together. They did not stand, For the day of their calamity had come upon them, The time of their punishment. Her noise shall go like a serpent, For they shall march with an army And come against her with axes, Like those who chop wood. 23“They shall cut down her forest,” says the Lord, “Though it cannot be searched, Because they are innumerable, And more numerous than grasshoppers. 24The daughter of Egypt shall be ashamed; She shall be delivered into the hand Of the people of the north.”

Jeremiah 46:22 word by word

קוֹלָ֖הּ כַּנָּחָ֣שׁ יֵלֵ֑ךְ כִּֽי־בְחַ֣יִל יֵלֵ֔כוּ וּבְקַרְדֻּמּוֹת֙ בָּ֣אוּ לָ֔הּ כְּחֹטְבֵ֖י עֵצִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• thereof shall goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• like a serpentנָחָשׁnâchâsh · serpentH5175
• with an armyחַ֫יִלchayil · armyH2428
• and comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• against her with axesקַרְדֹּםqardôm · axeH7134
• as hewersחָטַבchâţab · to chopH2404
• of woodעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086

Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:22

• Isaiah 29:4You shall be brought down, You shall speak out of the ground; Your speech shall be low, out of the dust; Your voice shall be like a medium’s, out of the ground; And your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
• Micah 1:8Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals And a mourning like the ostriches,
• Micah 7:16The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; They shall put their hand over their mouth; Their ears shall be deaf.
• Jeremiah 51:20“You are My battle-ax and weapons of war: For with you I will break the nation in pieces; With you I will destroy kingdoms;
• Isaiah 10:15Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it? Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it? As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up, Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!
• Isaiah 14:8Indeed the cypress trees rejoice over you, And the cedars of Lebanon, Saying, ‘Since you were cut down, No woodsman has come up against us.’
• Isaiah 37:24By your servants you have reproached the Lord, And said, ‘By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter its farthest height, To its fruitful forest.
• Zechariah 11:2Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, Because the mighty trees are ruined. Wail, O oaks of Bashan, For the thick forest has come down.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 46:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22The voice - shall go like a serpent - See Isaiah 29:4; (note), and the note there.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22The voice thereof - Her voice, i. e., the voice of Egypt. The word here probably means the busy sound of life and activity in the towns of Egypt, the tramping of her hosts, and the turmoil of camp and city. All this at the approach of the Chaldaean army shall depart, as the snake flees away when disturbed in its haunts by the wood-cutters. March with an army - Advance with might. With axes - The comparison of the Chaldaean warriors to woodcutters arose…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. 22-23The image of a serpent slithering away shows the fear that took over Egypt. The invaders attacked the people fiercely, like woodsmen chopping wood, after entering the country like a swarm of locusts.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

Topics related to Jeremiah 46:22

• Ax
• Babylon

In the dictionaries

• Harness
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Ax (axe); Ax-Head
• Ezekiel
• Hewer
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)
• Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar

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