Jeremiah 46:23

What does Jeremiah 46:23 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 46:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

They will be cutting down her woods, for they may not be searched out; because they are like locusts, more than may be numbered.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

They have cut down her forest, An affirmation of Jehovah--for it is not searched, For they have been more than the grasshopper, And they have no numbering.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They have cut down her forest, saith the Lord, which cannot be counted: they are multiplied above locusts, and are without number.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it be impenetrable; for they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

Context

v.22The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

v.23This passage

v.24The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Revelation 9:2

    And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there went up a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

  • Judges 6:5

    For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

  • Isaiah 10:18

    And he will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and it shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.

  • Joel 2:25

    And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.

  • Ezekiel 20:46

    Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;

  • Judges 7:12

    And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude.

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