Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 43:12

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 43:12 - 43:12

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 43:12 - 43:12

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

43:1 - 43:1
43:2 - 43:2
43:3 - 43:3
43:5 - 43:5
43:6 - 43:6
43:7 - 43:7
43:9 - 43:9
43:10 - 43:10
43:11 - 43:11
43:12 - 43:12
43:13 - 43:13

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, etc. - Isa 49:18 has the same metaphor.

as a shepherd, etc. - 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.