King James Version
Jeremiah 46:17 in the King James Version says “They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 46 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.”
Jeremiah 46:17 · KJV
Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.
He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. made: Heb. multiplied the faller
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
As 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.
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity : for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. furnish: Heb. make thee instruments of captivity
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They did cry”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“he hath passed”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“the time appointed”
H4150properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for
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