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Jeremiah 46:18
As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks to Egypt at the moment of impending military collapse and national ruin. The words — The phrase נְאֻם הַמֶּלֶךְ (ne'um ha-melekh) literally renders as "utterance of the King," immediately followed by יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ (Yahweh tseva'ot shemo), meaning "Yahweh of hosts is his name." The thread — The verse invokes Mount Tabor and Mount Carmel as metaphors for sudden, overwhelming military force, echoing the geographic prominence of Tabor in Joshua 19:22. Why it lands — The text demands recognition that human rulers cannot control history, as divine sovereignty will decisively dismantle their military pretensions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
As I live, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 48:15 Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
- Joshua 19:22 The border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, along with their villages.
- Judges 4:6 She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
- Psalms 89:12 North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
- Isaiah 47:4 Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name—is the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 48:2 who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Malachi 1:14 “But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
- 1 Kings 18:42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.
- Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
- Jeremiah 44:26 Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’