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Jeremiah 46:21 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Jeremiah 46:21 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 46 verse 21 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Also 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. fatted: Heb. bullocks of the stall”
Jeremiah 46:21 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 46:21
Her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks (גַּם־שְׂכִרֶיהָ בְקִרְבָּהּ כְּעֶגְלֵי מַרְבֵּק)—Egypt's mercenaries (sekireyha) are compared to egley marbeq (calves of the stall), pampered livestock raised for slaughter. The irony is devastating: soldiers hired for strength prove as helpless as penned animals. They did not stand (לֹא עָמָדוּ)—the verb amad means to take a stand in battle.The day of their calamity (יוֹם אֵידָם) and the time of their visitation (עֵת פְּקֻדָּתָם) employ legal terminology—eyd (calamity) and pequddah (reckoning/visitation) denote God's appointed moment...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 46:21
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“neither seize their wealth on the day of their calamity.”
“and a noise of horses”
“and have fled apace”
“for he sees that his day is coming.”
“even your visitation”
“and the man who is inspired to be insane”
“and the young bulls with the mighty bulls; and their land will be drunken with blood”
“the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob”
“and stretch themselves on their couches”
“the time of their visitation.”