* Son of man.
This prophecy was delivered soon after the Egyptians under
Pharaoh-hophra had come to relieve Jerusalem, and some months
before the city was taken, being the eleventh year of
Jeremiah's captivity, and answering to April 26, A.M. 3416.
When the king of Babylon took from the king of Egypt, in the
days of Pharaoh-necho, all his dominions in Asia, one of his
arms was broken. God now declared that he should never
recover these territories, or gain any ascendancy in that part
of the world; nay, that his other arm, which was now strong,
should soon be broken, and rendered utterly useless. This was
fulfilled when Hophra was dethroned and driven into Upper
Egypt by Amasis; and then Nebuchadnezzar, taking advantage of
this civil discord, invaded and conquered that kingdom, and
enslaved, dispersed, and carried captive the Egyptians.
* I have.
24 Ps 10:15 37:17 Jer 48:25
* it shall not.
Isa 1:6 Jer 30:13 46:11 51:8,9 Na 3:16 Re 18:21
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