Jeremiah 46:19

“O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, etc.] That is, O ye inhabitants of Egypt, that have long dwelt there, in great security, enjoying great plenty, and who promised themselves a long continuance: furnish thyself to go into captivity; or, “make”, or “prepare for thyself vessels of captivity”f840; or such things as are proper for captives, as suitable clothes to travel in, shoes to walk in, scrip and staff, and the like; expect captivity, and prepare for it: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant; the city Memphis, as the Targum, and all the versions: this is particularly mentioned, because it was a royal city, as Kimchi observes; and, though a very populous one, its…”

“furnish thyself--literally, "make for thyself vessels" (namely, to contain food and other necessaries for the journey) for captivity. daughter--so in Jer 46:11. dwelling in Egypt--that is, the inhabitants of Egypt, the Egyptians, represented as the daughter of Egypt (Jer 48:18; Kg2 19:21). "Dwelling" implies that they thought themselves to be securely fixed in their habitations beyond the reach of invasion.”

“Literally, “O thou inhabitant daughter of Egypt,” an equivalent here for Egypt and its whole population. Furnish thyself ... - literally, make for thee vessels of banishment, not merely the packages necessary, but their outfit generally. return to 'Top of Page'”

“46:19 Memphis will be destroyed: This happened in 568–567 BC, when Nebuchadnezzar invaded Egypt.”

“thou: Jer 48:18 furnish thyself to go into captivity: Heb. make thee instruments of captivity, Isa 20:4; Eze 12:3 \*marg. Eze 12:4-12 Noph: Noph, or Moph, is the celebrated city of Memphis, as the Chaldee and LXX render; long the residence of the ancient Egyptian kings, and situated fifteen miles above where the Delta begins, on the western side of the Nile. It was in the neighbourhood of Memphis that the famous pyramids were erected, whose grandeur and beauty still astonish the modern traveller. they are about twenty in number; the largest of which is 481 feet perpendicular height, and the area of its basis is on 480,249 square feet, or something more than eleven acres, being exactly the…”