The Meaning of Jeremiah 46:24 Explained

Jeremiah 46:24

KJV: The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

YLT: Ashamed hath been the daughter of Egypt, She hath been given into the hand of the people of the north.

Darby: The daughter of Egypt is put to shame; she is delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

ASV: The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The daughter  of Egypt  shall be confounded;  she shall be delivered  into the hand  of the people  of the north. 

What does Jeremiah 46:24 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Like a young girl taken captive against her will, Egypt would suffer shame when the power from the north conquered her.

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 46

1  Jeremiah prophesies the overthrow of Pharaoh's army at Euphrates
13  and the conquest of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar
27  He comforts Jacob in his chastisement

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 46:24 mean?

Shall be ashamed the daughter of Egypt she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north
הֹבִ֖ישָׁה בַּת־ מִצְרָ֑יִם נִתְּנָ֖ה בְּיַ֥ד עַם־ צָפֽוֹן

הֹבִ֖ישָׁה  Shall  be  ashamed 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָבֵשׁ  
Sense: to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered.
בַּת־  the  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
מִצְרָ֑יִם  of  Egypt 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִצְרַיִם  
Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.
נִתְּנָ֖ה  she  shall  be  delivered 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
בְּיַ֥ד  into  the  hand  of 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
עַם־  the  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
צָפֽוֹן  of  the  north 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.