Jeremiah 46:22 meaning and explanation
Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.
Jeremiah 46:22, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah 46 is a prophetic oracle against Egypt, spoken through Jeremiah in the years around Babylon's rise. Verse 22 pictures Egypt under Nebuchadnezzar's assault: the nation that boasted like the flooding Nile now hisses like a snake slipping away into the brush, while the enemy advances like woodsmen felling a forest.
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