The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 46:14-19

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The cities of Egypt are called upon to prepare to meet the foe. But it is in vain; for all that is great and mighty in the land—Apis, the mercenary soldiers, and the Pharaoh—bows down before that terrible one who is comparable only to the most imposing objects in the inanimate world.

Pharaoh's time is over; and Egypt must go into captivity.

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