Jer 46:13-24 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 46:13-24: 46:13-24 The defeat at Carchemish created chaos in Egypt and among its armies. The Lord was executing judgment on Egypt.

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‏ Jeremiah 46:13-24

Summary for Jer 46:13-24: 46:13-24 ^a The defeat at Carchemish created chaos in Egypt and among its armies. The Lord was executing judgment on Egypt.
Summary for Jer 46:15-17: 46:15-17 ^b The Lord filled the Egyptian soldiers with fear, and no one could keep them in military order as they fled from Carchemish through Canaan to their Egyptian homes. Back in Egypt, they would become strong critics of Pharaoh Neco and say that he was a loudmouth.
46:18 ^c Mount Tabor towers over the eastern part of the Jezreel Valley. Mount Carmel rises above the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.
46:19 ^d Memphis will be destroyed: This happened in 568–567 BC, when Nebuchadnezzar invaded Egypt.
46:21 ^e Egypt depended on hired mercenaries from other countries who had no interest in dying for Egypt. Under threat, they would turn and run.
Summary for Jer 46:22-23: 46:22-23 ^f The picture of a serpent gliding away illustrates the panic that gripped Egypt. The invaders would chop the people to pieces like woodsmen after swarming into the country like locusts.