Jeremiah 43:9

“Take great stones in thine hand, etc.] In both his hands, as big as he could carry: and hide them in the clay in the brick kiln; there was much clay in Egypt, through the overflowing of the Nile, and particularly at this place Tahpanhes, which had its name of Pelusiae from hence; and here was a brick kiln; not a place where bricks were burnt, but where they were foraged; and so here was the clay of which they were made, and in which these stones were to be hid: which [is] at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes; this brick kiln stood not directly at the entrance into the king’s palace, but at the door of a wall of a park or garden, which belonged to the palace, from whence there was an…”

“stones--to be laid as the foundation beneath Nebuchadnezzar's throne (Jer 43:10). clay--mortar. brick-kiln--Bricks in that hot country are generally dried in the sun, not burned. The palace of Pharaoh was being built or repaired at this time; hence arose the mortar and brick-kiln at the entry. Of the same materials as that of which Pharaoh's house was built, the substructure of Nebuchadnezzar's throne should be constructed. By a visible symbol implying that the throne of the latter shall be raised on the downfall of the former. Egypt at that time contended with Babylon for the empire of the East.”

“Brickkiln - Possibly, a pavement of brick. Jeremiah was to take a few large stones, such, nevertheless, as he could carry in his hand, and build with them, in the propylaea before the royal palace, something that would serve to represent the dais upon which the seat of kings was usually placed. By hiding them in the clay is meant plastering them over with mortar. return to 'Top of Page'”

“great: Jer 13:1-11, Jer 18:2-12, Jer 19:1-15, Jer 51:63, Jer 51:64; Kg1 11:29-31; Isa 20:1-4; Ezek. 4:1-17, 5:1-17, Eze 12:3-16; Hos 12:10; Act 21:11; Rev 18:21 in the brickkiln: Exo 1:14; Sa2 12:31; Nah 3:14 Jeremiah 43:10”