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Jer_46:26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
Ver. 26. Behold, I will punish the multitude of No.] Called populous No, {Nah_3:8} populous as Nineveh; so Galilee of the Gentiles. Some render it nourishing No. {a}
And their kings.] Here Calvin conjectureth that Pharaoh had made many of his princes kings for his greater magnificence; but this came down soon after. A bulging wall is near unto a downfall.
And Pharaoh.] Hophra. {Jer_44:30}
And all them that trust in him.] As the Jews in Egypt did.
And afterward it shall be inhabited.] Forty years after {Eze_29:13} - sc., in the days of Amasis, whom Cambyses the Persian conquered, after which it remained subject to the Persian monarchs one hundred and fifty years, saith Eusebius, being but a base and tributary kingdom.
{a} Hodie dicitur Alexandria. Today it is called Alexandria.