Matthew Poole Commentary - Jeremiah 43:12 - 43:12

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Jeremiah 43:12 - 43:12


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God by his prophet declares a particular hatred to the idols of Egypt, that he would burn up their temples, i.e. by the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.



And carry them away captives; he shall carry away both the idols and the inhabitants of Egypt captives.



He shall array himself with the land of Egypt; that is, with the spoils and plunder of the land of Egypt the king of Babylon shall clothe his army.



As a shepherd putteth on his garment: our unacquaintedness with the fashions of shepherds causeth divers guesses at the sense of this phrase; that which the best interpreters fix in as the best is, that as a shepherd that while he hath been attending his flocks goes in any rags and is careless of his clothes, but when he goes home at night he puts on his coat; so the Babylonish soldiers, when they have finished their work in the conquest of Egypt, shall go home clothed in the better habits of the Egyptians.



And he shall go forth from thence in peace; and the armies shall go home in peace, as conquerors not foiled in their undertaking.