They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
The verse belongs to Jeremiah's prophecies against Egypt, found in the closing chapters of Jeremiah. Those closing chapters are those of Jeremiah the weeping prophet, covering his personal experiences and his going into Egypt. It declares that Pharaoh king of Egypt has become mere noise and empty boasting because he has passed his appointed time. It is part of the prophecy that Egypt, together with Moab, Ammon, Edom, Damascus, and Elam, was to fall before Nebuchadnezzar the mighty conqueror, while the doom of Babylon itself was also foretold.
It belongs to the prophecies foretelling that Egypt would be invaded and subdued by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, spoiled and given into the hand of strangers, made waste with its idols destroyed, and made the basest of the kingdoms, never again exalting itself or ruling over the nations. The prophecy was fulfilled when Nebuchadnezzar invaded and subdued Egypt, after which Egypt was successively subjected by Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Saracens, Mamelukes and Turks. It remained base, servile and idol-free for more than twenty-four centuries, which proves the truth of the Bible.
It is applied to the papal dominion: its 1,260 years of rule have ended, and the pope's lost civil power is a sign that this prophetic period has passed. It supplies a pattern for nations that reject Christ's gospel and exclude it from their territory: when they no longer serve the advance of Christ's kingdom, their time of usefulness is over.
The verse belongs to Jeremiah's prophecies against Egypt, found in the closing chapters of Jeremiah. Those closing chapters are those of Jeremiah the weeping prophet, covering his personal experiences and his going into Egypt. It declares that Pharaoh king of Egypt has become mere noise and empty boasting because he has passed his appointed time. It is part of the prophecy that Egypt, together with Moab, Ammon, Edom, Damascus, and Elam, was to fall before Nebuchadnezzar the mighty conqueror, while the doom of Babylon itself was also foretold.
It belongs to the prophecies foretelling that Egypt would be invaded and subdued by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, spoiled and given into the hand of strangers, made waste with its idols destroyed, and made the basest of the kingdoms, never again exalting itself or ruling over the nations. The prophecy was fulfilled when Nebuchadnezzar invaded and subdued Egypt, after which Egypt was successively subjected by Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Saracens, Mamelukes and Turks. It remained base, servile and idol-free for more than twenty-four centuries, which proves the truth of the Bible.
It is applied to the papal dominion: its 1,260 years of rule have ended, and the pope's lost civil power is a sign that this prophetic period has passed. It supplies a pattern for nations that reject Christ's gospel and exclude it from their territory: when they no longer serve the advance of Christ's kingdom, their time of usefulness is over.