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Identifying the Players
All commentators agree that the phrase 'daughter of Egypt' refers to the nation and its inhabitants. The 'people of the north' are unanimously identified as the Chaldeans (Babylonians), who were geographically north of Egypt and would become its conquerors.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 46:24
18th Century
Theologian
The daughter ... - that is, the inhabitants “of Egypt shall be disgraced.”
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 46:24
16th Century
Theologian
He says that Egypt would be ashamed, because it would be brought into the greatest disgrace, for their enemies would treat them r…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 46:24
17th Century
Pastor
The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded Brought to shame before all the nations of the earth, being conquered by the Ch…
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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…