Jeremiah — Chapter 46

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Jeremiah 46:1 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet ^Ragainst the Gentiles;

Jer 1:10; Jer 4:7

Jeremiah 46:2 ^RAgainst Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

Jer 46:14; Jer 25:9,19

Jeremiah 46:3 ^ROrder ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

Jer 51:11-12; Isa 8:9-10

Jeremiah 46:4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; ^Rfurbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

Ezek 21:9-11,28

Jeremiah 46:5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? ^Rand their mighty ones are ^Tbeaten down, and are ^Tfled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.

Rev 6:15

broken in pieces

fled a flight

Jeremiah 46:6 Let ^Rnot the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

Judg 4:15-21; Ps 33:16-17

Jeremiah 46:7 ^RWho is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?

Song 3:6; Song 8:5

Jeremiah 46:8 Egypt ^Rriseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

Ezek 29:3; Ezek 32:2

Jeremiah 46:9 Come up, ye horses; and ^Rrage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; ^Tthe Ethiopians and ^Tthe Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.

Nah 2:3-4

Cush

Put

Jeremiah 46:10 For this is ^Rthe day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Jer 51:6; Isa 13:6

Jeremiah 46:11 Go up into ^RGilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for ^Tthou shalt not be cured.

Jer 8:22; Jer 51:8

no cure shall be unto thee

Jeremiah 46:12 The nations have ^Rheard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.

Ezek 32:9-12; Nah 3:8-10

Jeremiah 46:13 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how ^RNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.

Jer 43:10-13; Jer 44:30

Jeremiah 46:14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in ^RMigdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.

Jer 43:9; Jer 44:1

Jeremiah 46:15 Why are ^Rthy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.

Jer 46:5,21; Judg 5:20-21

Jeremiah 46:16 He ^Tmade many to fall, yea, ^Rone fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

Lev 26:36-37

multiplied the faller

Jeremiah 46:17 They did cry there, ^RPharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.

Exod 15:9; 1 Kgs 20:10,18

Jeremiah 46:18 As I live, ^Rsaith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

Jer 10:10; Jer 44:26

Jeremiah 46:19 O ^Rthou daughter dwelling in Egypt, ^Tfurnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.

Jer 48:18

make thee instruments of captivity

Jeremiah 46:20 Egypt is like ^Ra very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

Jer 50:11; Hos 10:11

Jeremiah 46:21 Also ^Rher hired men are in the midst of her like ^Tfatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

Jer 46:9,16; 2 Sam 10:6

bullocks of the stall

Jeremiah 46:22 The ^Rvoice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

Isa 29:4; Mic 1:8

Jeremiah 46:23 They shall ^Rcut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.

Isa 10:18; Ezek 20:46

Jeremiah 46:24 The ^Rdaughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

Jer 46:11,19; Ps 137:8

Jeremiah 46:25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the ^Tmultitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, ^Rwith their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:

Jer 43:12-13; Exod 12:12

nourisher: Heb. Amon

Jeremiah 46:26 And ^RI will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.

Jer 44:30; Ezek 32:11

Jeremiah 46:27 But ^Rfear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

Jer 30:10-11; Isa 41:13-14

Jeremiah 46:28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: ^Rfor I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I ^Tnot leave thee wholly unpunished.

Jer 1:19; Jer 15:20

not utterly cut thee off

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📖 What We’re Reading

Jeremiah 46:1–10 — Egypt’s military confidence fails

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

The word against Egypt names Pharaohnecho’s army by the Euphrates at Carchemish. Preparations, mercenaries, and river-like ambition give way to defeat in the day of the Lord’s vengeance.

Key Truth: Do not make military strength your final security.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Jeremiah 46:11–19 — Neither medicine nor allies can stop the defeat

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Egypt’s wound is pictured as beyond available medicines. A further announcement of Babylon’s attack describes frightened soldiers, withdrawing mercenaries, and preparation for captivity.

Key Truth: Recognize the limits of seemingly powerful support.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Jeremiah 46:20–28 — Egypt judged and Jacob reassured

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Animal and locust images describe the northern invader’s strength and Egypt’s loss. Judgment on rulers and gods is joined to future inhabitation, while Jacob is promised rescue and measured correction rather than a total end.

Key Truth: Hold correction and promised mercy together.

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Related Scripture (KJV)

Jeremiah 30:11 — The restoration message also speaks of measured correction.

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What source of security should you hold more humbly?

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