John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 46:26

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, etc.] Into the hands of the Chaldeans; that is, the king of Egypt, and all his people, and those that trusted in him: and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; his general officers, that commanded in his army under him. Berosusf859, the Chaldean, makes mention of Nebuchadnezzar’s carrying the Egyptians captive into Babylon; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the Lord; after forty years, as Ezekiel prophesied, (<242913>Jeremiah 29:13,14); not that it should rise to the same glory and dignity as before, for it would be but a base kingdom; but whereas it was desolate and uninhabited after this destruction, it should now be inhabited again.

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