Jer 46:17 | JFB | STEP | 17. there —in their own country severally, the foreign soldiers ( ) cry, "Pharaoh is," &c. but a noise —He threatens great things, but when the need arises, he does nothing. His threats are mere "noise" (compare ). MAURER translates, "is ruined, " literally (in appropriate abruptness of language), "Pharaoh, king . . . ruin. " The context favors English Version. His vauntings of what he would do when the time of battle should come have proved to be empty sounds; he hath passed the time appointed (namely, for battle with the Chaldeans).

Jeremiah 46:17

17. there—in their own country severally, the foreign soldiers (Jer 46:16) cry, "Pharaoh is," &c.

but a noise—He threatens great things, but when the need arises, he does nothing. His threats are mere "noise" (compare 1Co 13:1). MAURER translates, "is ruined," literally (in appropriate abruptness of language), "Pharaoh, king . . . ruin." The context favors English Version. His vauntings of what he would do when the time of battle should come have proved to be empty sounds; he hath passed the time appointed (namely, for battle with the Chaldeans).