Bible study online

Jeremiah 46:21

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Jeremiah 46:21

Verse 21 of 28

Scripture focus

Also her hired men [are] in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, [and] are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, [and] the time of their visitation.

Jeremiah 46:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 46:21

Theological / Devotional

Hired men. This is a further reference to the mercenaries who played a prominent role in the Egyptian army during this period (see on vs. 9, 16).

Visitation. From the Heb. paqad, meaning basically, “to visit,” but used frequently in the sense of visiting with punishment (see Ex. 20:5; Job 35:15; Ps. 59:5; Isa. 26:14; Jer. 14:10). “Time of their visitation,” “year of their visitation,” are favorite expressions with Jeremiah (see chs. 8:12; 10:15; 11:23; 23:12; 48:44; 50:27; 51:18). However, paqad may also mean to visit with a divine blessing (see Gen. 21:1; Ps. 80:14). Jehovah’s day of visitation upon Egypt was not only a punishment but also a call to rectitude of action and repentance of heart (see Jer. 46:28).

By SdaBc