Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jeremiah 46:20 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Jeremiah 46:20 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 46 verse 20 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.”
Jeremiah 46:20 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 46:20
Egypt is like a very fair heifer (עֶגְלָה יְפֵה־פִיָּה מִצְרָיִם)—The Hebrew eglah yafah-fiyyah portrays Egypt as a beautiful, well-fed young cow, pampered and proud. Yet destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north (קֶרֶץ מִצָּפוֹן בָּא בָא)—the doubled ba ba (it cometh, it cometh) intensifies the certainty and imminence of Babylon's approach.The heifer metaphor evokes Egypt's agricultural wealth and the sacred Apis bull cult at Memphis. But beauty and prosperity provide no defense against divine judgment. The phrase qerets (destruction) literally means a biting insect or gadfly—ironic give...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 46:20
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“waters rise up out of the north”
“And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught”
“Out of the north evil shall break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.”
“nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.”
“Yahweh of Armies”
“I will send and take all the families of the north”
“because you rejoice”
“The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.”