Jeremiah 43:8

Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
word	דְבַר de.var-	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
Jeremiah	יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ yir.me.Ya.hu	H3414	Jirmejah · proper noun, a man's name
Tahpanhes	בְּתַחְפַּנְחֵ֖ס be.tach.pan.Ches	H8471	Tachpanches · preposition + proper noun, a place name
saying	לֵאמֹֽר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Jeremiah 2:16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
2 Timothy 2:9 Where in I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 43:8–end

We have here, as also in the next chapter, Jeremiah prophesying in Egypt. Jeremiah was now in Tahpanhes, for there his lords and masters were; he was there among idolatrous Egyptians and treacherous Israelites; but there, 1. He received the word of the Lord; it came to him. God can find his people, with the visits of his grace, wherever they are; and, when his ministers are bound, yet the word of the Lord is not bound. The spirit of prophecy was not confined to the land of Israel. When Jeremiah went into Egypt, not out of choice, but by constraint, God withdrew not his wonted favour from him. 2. What he received of the Lord he delivered to the people. Wherever we are we must endeavour to do…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 43:7

Tahpanhes--(See on Jer 2:16); Daphne on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, near Pelusium. They naturally came to it first, being on the frontier of Egypt, towards Palestine.

John Gill on Jeremiah 43:8

Then came the word of the Lord to Jeremiah, at Tahpanhes,.... Where he was with the rest the captains carried thither with them; and as soon as he and they had got here, the word of the Lord came unto him, declaring the destruction of this place, and of the whole land. Here Jerom says the prophet was stoned to death; saying; as follows:

John Calvin on Jeremiah 43:8-10

Jeremiah 43:8-10 8. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, 8. Et fuit sermo Jehovae ad Jeremiam in Taphnees, dicendo, 9. Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; 9. Sume in manu tua (accipe in manu tua) lapides grandes (vel, magnas,) et absconde eos in luto (vel, caemento,) in fornace laterum, (vel, lacuna, unde sumitur materia ad formandos lapides,) qui locus (vel, quae fornax) est in porta domus Pharaonis in Taphnees, in oculis hominum Judaeorum; 10. And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will se…

Dictionary and topics

Egypt — The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. The Egyptians belonged to the white race, and their original…
Tahpanhes, Tehaphnehes, Tahapanes — a city of Egypt, mentioned in the time of the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel. The name is evidently Egyptian, and closely resembles that of the Egyptian queen Tahpenes. It was evidently a town of…
Egypt · .Prophecies against — .Prophecies against
Prophecy · . — .
Tahpanhes · A city in Egypt — A city in Egypt

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 43:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 43:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 43:7

John Gill on Jeremiah 43:8

John Calvin on Jeremiah 43:8-10

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Jeremiah 43:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 43:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 43:7

John Gill on Jeremiah 43:8

John Calvin on Jeremiah 43:8-10

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 43:8-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 43:7