Jeremiah 46:22

Translations

Modern

Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Her noise is like a serpent that goes away, for with a force they go, and with axes they come against her, like those chopping down trees.

Latin

Vox ejus quasi æris sonabit: quoniam cum exercitu properabunt, et cum securibus venient ei quasi cædentes ligna.

Original

Hebrew

English

Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.

Notes

Jeremiah 46:22–23

The image of a serpent slithering away shows the fear that took over Egypt. The invaders attacked the people fiercely, like woodsmen chopping wood, after entering the country like a swarm of locusts.

Jeremiah 46:13–24

The defeat at Carchemish caused chaos in Egypt and its armies. The Lord was judging Egypt.

Theme notes and profiles

Nebuchadnezzar II Messages Against the Nations The Lord of Nations

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 14:8
Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”
Isaiah 37:24
Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
Isaiah 29:4
You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.
Jeremiah 51:20–23
“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.
Isaiah 10:33–34
Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.
Micah 7:16
Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.
Isaiah 10:15
Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
Zechariah 11:2
Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!
Micah 1:8
Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Hophra Jeremiah (Person) Nations Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar Necho, Nechoh, Neco, Necoh Oholah and Oholibah Snake

Topics

Ax: Figurative Babylon: City of Prophecies Concerning Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By

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