Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 44:13
For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt,…. Or “visit”; in a way of wrath and vengeance; meaning not the native inhabitants of Egypt; though these should be punished, and in whose punishment the Jews would be involved; but here it means the Jews that dwelt in Egypt, who went thither contrary to the will of God, and there settled:
as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; signifying that the same punishment that came upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and other cities of Judea, should come upon these Jews in Egypt, and as sure as they came upon them; even those which they thought to have escaped, by leaving Judea, and going to Egypt.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He confirms in this verse what he had said in the last, that he would again take vengeance on impiety, as he had done previously. The Jews were before visited with a very grievous calamity, when inebriated with prosperity; but now, when God would have shaken from off them their torpor, the Prophet justly reminds them of the calamities which they had suffered: As, then, I visited Jerusalem, so will I visit those who dwell in Egypt But the argument is also from the greater to the less; for if God had not spared the holy city, in which he had chosen a habitation, how should he spare Egypt? for Egypt was not worthy that God should regard it. We know that it was a profane and an accursed land. It was, then, the greatest madness for the Jews to hope to be safe in Egypt, when they could not have been so in the holy land, which was God’s sanctuary, which was their heritage, which was even God’s rest.
We now see the object of the Prophet; for he set before · them the ruin of the city and of the land of Judah, that they might know that they could not escape the hand of God while they dwelt in Egypt contrary to his command, for God would be a severer judge to them there than he had been before in the land of Judah. It follows, —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(13) I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt.The words point, like those of Jer. 43:11, to a punishment which should fall on the whole of Egypt, and from which the Jews who dwelt in it should find no exemption.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 44:13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
Ver. 13. For I will punish them. ] Let them never think that they shall one day be settled again in their own country; they could easily come down into Egypt.
“ Sed revocare gradum,” &c. “Hic labor,” &c.
I will watch them for ever going back again; let them set their hearts at rest for that matter, it will never be.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
as = according as.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Jer 44:27, Jer 44:28, Jer 11:22, Jer 21:9, Jer 24:10, Jer 42:18, Jer 43:11
Reciprocal: Jer 38:2 – He Jer 42:16 – that the sword Eze 11:8 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 44:13-14. The threefold punishment is again threatened, and the comparison is made to that which was Imposed upon Jerusalem. The significance of the passage is that the stragglers in Egypt were as guilty as the ones who had been taken into Babylon. Of course all rules may have some exceptions and the threat that the ones who had fled to Egypt would he destroyed meant that as a group that would occur. Yet a few individuals were to be suffered to escape as in-dicated in verse 28, Doubtless it was in some way through them that the world outside of Egypt received the writings which Jeremiah produced after being taken to that country.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
The Lord would punish His people in Egypt, as He had punished them in Judah, with: warfare, starvation, and disease. All but a few refugees-of the remnant who had fled to Egypt to live there temporarily and then return to Judah-would die in Egypt. They would not return to the Promised Land. Thus this judgment had as its focus those who fled to Egypt for temporary asylum, not all the Jews who had moved there earlier and had made it their permanent home.
The Jews then responded to Jeremiah’s prophecy (Jer 44:15-19). We do not know how Jeremiah communicated his message to all the Jews throughout Egypt. He may have done so at a nationwide gathering, or he may have sent his prophecy to their settlements by messengers.