Jeremiah 46:10

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Contextual Overview

¹This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations. ²To Egypt, concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah: ³"Deploy your shields, small and large, and advance for battle! ⁴Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor! ⁵Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating, their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste, they never look back, terror is on every side! declares the LORD. ⁶The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall. ⁷Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn? ⁸Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, "I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people." ⁹Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth-Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow. ¹⁰That day belongs to the Lord, the GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance to avenge Himself against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For it will be a sacrifice to the Lord, the GOD of Hosts, in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

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the day: Jeremiah 51:6, Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 34:6, Isaiah 34:8, Isaiah 61:2, Isaiah 63:4, Joel 1:15, Joel 2:1, Zephaniah 1:14, Zephaniah 1:15, Luke 21:22

the sword: Deuteronomy 32:42, Isaiah 34:5-8, Ezekiel 39:17-21, Zephaniah 1:7, Zephaniah 1:8, Revelation 19:17-21

the north: Jeremiah 46:2, Jeremiah 46:6, 2 Kings 24:7

Reciprocal: Numbers 31:3 - avenge the Lord Joshua 6:17 - accursed 2 Samuel 2:26 - sword Isaiah 2:12 - the day Jeremiah 25:27 - because Jeremiah 46:5 - fear Jeremiah 46:14 - the sword Jeremiah 46:20 - it cometh Jeremiah 47:4 - the day Jeremiah 50:15 - for it Daniel 11:43 - the Libyans Zephaniah 2:12 - Ethiopians Zechariah 6:6 - the north

Cross-References

Genesis 28:1
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. "Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women," he commanded.

Genesis 29:33
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, "Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well." So she named him Simeon.

Genesis 34:25
Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons (Dinah's brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.

Genesis 34:30
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble upon me by making me repugnant to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed."

Genesis 46:5
Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.

Genesis 46:7
He took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters-all his offspring.

Genesis 46:12
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

Genesis 46:13
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.

Genesis 46:22
These are the sons of Rachel born to Jacob-fourteen in all.

Genesis 46:23
The son of Dan: Hushim.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For this [is] the day of the Lord God of hosts,.... Or, "but this is the day" y, c. notwithstanding this great apparatus for war, and those many auxiliaries the Egyptians would have, yet it would not be their day, in which they should get the better of their enemies but the Lord's day; the day he had appointed; who is the Lord God of all armies, above and below; and who would bring his own armies together when he pleased, and give them victory:

a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his enemies: the enemies of his people, as the Targum; the Egyptians, who had been of old the implacable enemies of his people Israel; though now, contrary to his will, they too much trusted to them, and relied on them; according to Kimchi, this vengeance was taken on them for killing Josiah:

and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood; that is, the sword of the Chaldeans shall destroy the Egyptians in such vast numbers, that there shall be no more to be slain; or there shall be no desire in the enemy to slay any more; they shall be glutted with their blood. All the phrases are designed to show the carnage that should be made; the vast destruction of the people; the large numbers that should be slain:

for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates; near Carchemish, situated by the river Euphrates, which lay north of Egypt; see Jeremiah 46:6. Here is an allusion to the sacrifices of great persons, which are many; the Lord of hosts had a sacrifice, or a great slaughter of men, his enemies; inflicted punishment on them, wherein his power, justice, and holiness, were displayed; see Isaiah 34:6.

y היום ההוא "dies autem", V. L. "atque dies", Junius Tremellius "sed dies ille", Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rather, But that “day belongeth to the Lord Yahweh of hosts.” They march forth in haughty confidence, but that day, the day to which they are looking forward in proud hope of victory, is Yahweh’s day, a day on which they will be the victims sacrificed in His honor.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 46:10. For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts — The prophet represents this as a mighty sacrifice, where innumerable victims were slain.