23They have cut down her forest, saith the Lord, which cannot be counted: they are multiplied above locusts, and are without number.


In Context

20 Egypt is like a fair and beautiful heifer: there shall come from the north one that shall goad her.

21 Her hirelings also that lived in the midst of her, like fatted calves are turned back, and are fled away together, and they could not stand, for the day of their slaughter is come upon them, the time of their visitation.

22 Her voice shall sound like brass, for they shall hasten with an army, and with axes they shall come against her, as hewers of wood.

23 They have cut down her forest, saith the Lord, which cannot be counted: they are multiplied above locusts, and are without number.

24 The daughter of Egypt is confounded, and delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

25 The Lord of hosts the God of Israel hath said: Behold I will visit upon the tumult of Alexandria, and upon Pharao, and upon Egypt, and upon her gods, and upon her kings, and upon Pharao, upon them that trust in him.

Jeremiah 46:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

46:23They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and [are] innumerable.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

46:23They will chop down her forest," declares the Lord , "dense though it be. They are more numerous than locusts, they cannot be counted.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

46:23They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:23They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it be impenetrable; for they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

46:23They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:23They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:23They shall cut down her forest, says Yahweh, though it can't be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

46:23They have cut down her forest, An affirmation of Jehovah — for it is not searched, For they have been more than the grasshopper, And they have no numbering.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

46:23They shall cut down her forest, said the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.