Jer 43:10-12 | JFB | STEP | 10. my servant —God often makes one wicked man or nation a scourge to another ( ). royal pavilion —the rich tapestry (literally, "ornament") which hung round the throne from above.

Jeremiah 43:10-12

10. my servant—God often makes one wicked man or nation a scourge to another (Eze 29:18, 19, 20).

royal pavilion—the rich tapestry (literally, "ornament") which hung round the throne from above.

11. such as are for death to death—that is, the deadly plague. Some he shall cause to die by the plague arising from insufficient or bad food; others, by the sword; others he shall lead captive, according as God shall order it (see on Jer 15:2).

12. houses of . . . gods—He shall not spare even the temple, such will be His fury. A reproof to the Jews that they betook themselves to Egypt, a land whose own safety depended on helpless idols.

burn . . . carry . . . captives—burn the Egyptian idols of wood, carry to Babylon those of gold and other metals.

array himself with the land, &c.— Isa 49:18 has the same metaphor.

as a shepherd, &c.—He shall become master of Egypt as speedily and easily as a shepherd, about to pass on with his flock to another place, puts on his garment.