Jeremiah 2:16
“Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself,.... All this desolation and destruction, both from the Egyptians and the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Noph, i. e., Napata, a town situated in the extreme south of Egypt. Some take it to be Memphis (see Isa 19:13 note).…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 2:14-19
The prophet, further to evince the folly of their forsaking God, shows them what mischiefs they had already brought upon…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
also even. The sense is, those in whom thou most trustedst.
Noph Memphis, formerly the capital of Lower (i.e. Northern)…
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