King James Version
Jeremiah 46:24 in the King James Version says “The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 46 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.”
Jeremiah 46:24 · KJV
The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable .
The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: multitude: or, nourisher: Heb. Amon
And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall be confounded”
H3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
“The daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“she shall be delivered”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“into the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“of the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“of the north”
H6828properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
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