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A Complete and Humiliating Judgment
Commentators explain that God's judgment on Egypt would be total and humiliating. The phrase "those that seek their lives" indicates the cruelty of the Babylonian army. The defeat would come not just from King Nebuchadnezzar but also from his "servants," which scholars like John Calvin note was a particularly degrading detail, showing the thoroughness of God's judgment against national pride.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 46:26
18th Century
Theologian
Afterward ... - The invasion of Nebuchadnezzar is to be a passing calamity, the severity of which will be felt chiefly by the Jews, but no s…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 46:26
19th Century
Bishop
Afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days ... —As in the earlier utterance of Isaiah (Isaiah 19:21–25) …
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 46:26
16th Century
Theologian
Jeremiah pursues the same subject and continues to speak in God’s name, that he might more powerfully impress minds otherwise slow; I will give…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 46:26
17th Century
Pastor
And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their
lives
Into the hands o…
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…