Jeremiah 46:21

"“Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north has come. It has come."

Key Reflection

This passage metaphorically describes Egypt as a strong and prosperous nation, symbolized by a beautiful heifer. However, it warns that despite this strength, an impending destruction from the north is arriving, highlighting the transient nature of power and the inevitability of divine judgment.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Rather, “Also her hirelings in the midst of her are like calves of the stall.” The mercenaries of Egypt - Nubians, Moors, and LydiansJeremiah 46:9- were destroyed at the battle of Carchemish, and their place was taken by hirelings from Asia Minor, Carians, and Ionians, whom Hophra took into his pay to the number of 30,000 men. These he settled in the midst of Egypt, in the fertile lands above Bubastis, in the Delta, where, well paid and fed and with great privileges, they became as calves of the stall. Their mutiny cost Hophra his crown. For they also are turned back ...

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