Jeremiah 46:19 Meaning
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
Context Explained
17They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
18As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
19O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
20Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
21Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Ezekiel 29:10
Prophesies the desolation of Egypt.
Isaiah 19:1
Describes the judgment against Egypt.
Revelation 18:2
Speaks of the fall of Babylon, paralleling Egypt's fate.
Source: Jeremiah 46:19