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The Weakness of Luxury
Commentators unanimously explain that Egypt's hired soldiers, who should have been its greatest strength, were instead "like fatted calves." They had grown so comfortable and well-fed from Egypt's abundance that they lost their fighting spirit. When the enemy attacked, they immediately fled, illustrating how luxury and ease can lead to weakness and vulnerability.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 46:21
18th Century
Theologian
Rather, Also her hirelings in her midst are like calves of the stall. The mercenaries of Egypt—Nubians, Moors, and Lydians ([Reference Jer…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 46:21
19th Century
Bishop
Her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks. —Literally, bullocks of the stall. The prophet harps…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 46:21
16th Century
Theologian
Here the Prophet represents the mercenaries of Egypt, as we have already said, as foreign soldiers who had been hired from various places and from …
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 46:21
17th Century
Pastor
All her hired men [are] in the midst of her like fatted
bullocks
Or, "bullocks of the …
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 46:13–28
17th Century
Minister
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…