21 Also her hired men [a]are in the midst of her like fat calves: they are also turned back and fled away together: they could not stand, because the day of their destruction was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

22 The voice thereof shall go forth like a [b]serpent: for they shall march with an army, and come against [c]her with axes, as hewers of wood.

23 They shall cut down [d]her forest, saith the Lord: for they cannot be counted, because they are more than the [e]grasshoppers, and are innumerable.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:21 As verse 9.
  2. Jeremiah 46:22 They shall be scarce able to speak for fear of the Chaldeans.
  3. Jeremiah 46:22 Meaning, Egypt.
  4. Jeremiah 46:23 That is, they shall slay the great and mighty men of power.
  5. Jeremiah 46:23 To wit, Nebuchadnezzar’s army.

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