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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 43:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 43:12 |
Strong Concordance |
And I will kindle [03341] a fire [0784] in the houses [01004] of the gods [0430] of Egypt [04714]; and he shall burn [08313] them, and carry them away captives [07617]: and he shall array [05844] himself with the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], as a shepherd [07462] putteth on [05844] his garment [0899]; and he shall go forth [03318] from thence in peace [07965]. |
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King James |
And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
houses of . . . gods--He shall not spare even the temple, such will be His fury. A reproof to the Jews that they betook themselves to Egypt, a land whose own safety depended on helpless idols.
burn . . . carry . . . captives--burn the Egyptian idols of wood, carry to Babylon those of gold and other metals.
array himself with the land, &c.-- Isa 49:18 has the same metaphor.
as a shepherd, &c.--He shall become master of Egypt as speedily and easily as a shepherd, about to pass on with his flock to another place, puts on his garment. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I will kindle - Or, "he shall kindle."
He shall burn them ... - i. e., he shall burn the temples, and carry away the gods.
And he shall array - literally, "And he shall wrap himself in the land of Egypt as the shepherd wrappeth himself in his cloak, and shall (go forth thence in peace;" i. e., With as great ease as a shepherd throws his cloak round him when going forth to watch his flock by night in the field, so easily shall the king of Babylon take possession of all the glory of Egypt, throw it round him, and depart without anyone resisting his progress. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| He shall burn the temples of the gods of Egypt, and carry away the idols. The first person הצּתּי, for which lxx, Syriac, and Vulgate have the third, must not be meddled with; it corresponds to שׂמתּי in Jer 43:10. What Nebuchadnezzar does as Jahveh's servant (עבדּי, Jer 43:10) is done by God. The suffixes in שׂרפם and שׁבּם are assigned in such a way that the one is to be referred to the temples, the other to the idols; see on Jer 48:7. - ועטה has been variously interpreted. עטה with the accus. מעיל or שׂלמה means the envelope one's self with a garment, put on a garment, wrap the cloak round; cf. Sa1 28:14; Psa 109:19; Isa 59:17, etc. This is the meaning of the verb here, as is shown by the clause expressing the comparison. The point of likeness is the easiness of the action. Ewald has very well explained the meaning of the whole: "As easily as any shepherd in the open field wraps himself in his cloak, so will he take the whole of Egypt in his hand, and be able to throw it round him like a light garment, that he may then, thus dressed as it were with booty, leave the land in peace, without a foe, - a complete victor." Other explanations of the word are far-fetched, and lexically untenable. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Carry them - He shall carry away both the idols, and the inhabitants of Egypt captive. With the land - With the spoils of the land of Egypt, he shall clothe his army. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
He shall burn them, and carry them away captives - Some of these gods, such as were of wood, he will burn; those of metal he will carry away. Some of them were of gold. See below.
Shall array himself with the land of Egypt - Shall take all its wealth, and all its grandeur; shall take all its spoils.
As a shepherd putteth on his garment - With as much ease, and with as little opposition; and with as full a confidence that it is now his own.
He shall go forth from thence in peace - He shall suffer no interruption, nor endure any disaster in his return from his Egyptian expedition. See the proof of all this in the notes at the end of Jer 44:30 (note). |
18 Lift up [05375] thine eyes [05869] round about [05439], and behold [07200]: all these gather themselves together [06908], and come [0935] to thee. As I live [02416], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], thou shalt surely clothe [03847] thee with them all, as with an ornament [05716], and bind [07194] them on thee, as a bride [03618] doeth.
17 For he put on [03847] righteousness [06666] as a breastplate [08302], and an helmet [03553] of salvation [03444] upon his head [07218]; and he put on [03847] the garments [0899] of vengeance [05359] for clothing [08516], and was clad [05844] with zeal [07068] as a cloke [04598].
19 Let it be unto him as the garment [0899] which covereth [05844] him, and for a girdle [04206] wherewith he is girded [02296] continually [08548].
14 And he said [0559] unto her, What form [08389] is he of? And she said [0559], An old [02205] man [0376] cometh up [05927]; and he is covered [05844] with a mantle [04598]. And Saul [07586] perceived [03045] that it was Samuel [08050], and he stooped [06915] with his face [0639] to the ground [0776], and bowed [07812] himself.
7 For because thou hast trusted [0982] in thy works [04639] and in thy treasures [0214], thou shalt also be taken [03920]: and Chemosh [03645] shall go forth [03318] into captivity [01473] with his priests [03548] and his princes [08269] together [03162].
10 And say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will send [07971] and take [03947] Nebuchadrezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], my servant [05650], and will set [07760] his throne [03678] upon [04605] these stones [068] that I have hid [02934]; and he shall spread [05186] his royal pavilion [08237] over them.
10 And say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will send [07971] and take [03947] Nebuchadrezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], my servant [05650], and will set [07760] his throne [03678] upon [04605] these stones [068] that I have hid [02934]; and he shall spread [05186] his royal pavilion [08237] over them.
30 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, I will give [05414] Pharaohhophra [06548] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] into the hand [03027] of his enemies [0341], and into the hand [03027] of them that seek [01245] his life [05315]; as I gave [05414] Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] into the hand [03027] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], his enemy [0341], and that sought [01245] his life [05315].