Jeremiah 46:19 meaning and explanation

Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.

Jeremiah 46:19, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah 46:19 comes from a prophecy against Egypt given through Jeremiah after Babylon defeated Egypt at Carchemish in 605 BC. Egypt felt secure, but the prophet tells the nation, pictured as a daughter, to pack for exile because Memphis, a leading Egyptian city, would be left empty and ruined.

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