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Egypt is a very fair heifer; [but] destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Is like - Or, is. Her god was the steer Apis (Jeremiah 46:15), and she is the spouse.

But destruction comes; it comes …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Egypt is like a very fair heifer. —The similitude points, like the “strong one” of Jeremiah 46:15, to the Apis worship of…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Jeremiah intimates here that though Egypt indulged in pleasures, it still could not escape the vengeance of God.

We reminded you yesterday w…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Egypt [is like] a very fair heifer
Like a heifer that has never been under a yoke, it having never been conquered, an…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Those who encroached on others, shall now themselves be encroached upon. Egypt is now like a very fair heifer, not accustomed to the yoke of subjec…

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