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The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.
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No Secret Shame
Commentators agree that Egypt's defeat was not a private affair. The verse says, "The nations have heard of thy shame," indicating a catastrophic judgment so significant that the whole world would know. This public humiliation served as a powerful testament to God's sovereignty over even the mightiest empires of the day.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The land – The earth; the world rings with the cry of grief.
Against the mighty – Against the mighty man, i.e., one mighty man…
16th Century
Protestant
He concludes this prophecy by saying that the report of this slaughter would be known everywhere among all nations. If the Egyptians had sustained …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The nations have heard of your shame Their shameful defeat and overthrow by the Chaldean army; so, after the manner …
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