'You speak falsely: Hashem our God has not sent you' — Johanan and all the captains take the remnant, and Jeremiah with them, down to Egypt, to Tahpanhes; great stones are hidden in the mortar in the brickwork: upon them shall Nebuchadrezzar set his throne.
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And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking to all the people all the words of Hashem their God, wherewith Hashem their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
verse value 3795
Insights
Verse structure: 16 words, 80 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֣ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "that" (אֲשֶׁ֧ר, 3 letters) and the longest is "all·words·of" (אֶת־כׇּל־דִּבְרֵי֙, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 91: their·God, their·God. The root דבר appears 3 times in this verse. 12 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "that" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "to·all·the·people" (root איל, 293x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'to·them', dividing the verse into phrases of 13 and 3 words.
Metzudat David
"All these things" – those stated above:
Malbim
"And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had finished speaking..." — that is, the words which the Lord sent him to speak to all these things. The meaning is that even the conclusion of his speech, which appeared to have been said on his own initiative—namely, that he informed them that it was not in their thoughts to listen to the words of the prophet—this too the Lord commanded him to say to them. For although this matter [of heeding God] is one of free choice, and they had the power to heed the voice of the Lord, the Lord revealed to him their thoughts: that they were deceiving the prophet, and that they had agreed not to listen even if the Lord commanded them not to go to Egypt. But they thought that Jeremiah had said this on his own accord, as the plain sense of his words seemed to indicate, as I explained: that from verse 19, "the Lord has spoken against you," these are Jeremiah's own words. Therefore, they suspected him that he had uttered the entire prophecy from his own spirit. Hence they said:
then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah: ‘You speak falsely; Hashem our God has not sent you to say: You shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;
verse value 6047
Insights
Verse structure: 21 words, 103 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֤ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "not" (לֹ֣א, 2 letters) and the longest is "and·all·the·men" (וְכׇל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים, 9 letters). 5 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "Azariah" (עֲזַרְיָ֤ה), "and·all·the·men" (וְכׇל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים), "arrogant" (הַזֵּדִ֑ים). The root אמר appears 3 times in this verse. 18 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "and·said" (root אמר, 476x in Jeremiah); "not" (root לא, 307x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'arrogant', dividing the verse into phrases of 7 and 14 words.
Metzudat David
They say. They used to say; and since the matter was lengthy, he again says: "They say."
Metzudat Zion
Azariah. It is possible that he is Jezaniah mentioned above, and he was called by two names:
The arrogant. The wicked:
Malbim
(B-C) You are speaking falsely, for Baruch ben Neriah is inciting you. They thought that Baruch had gone in and moved among the people and heard their opinion that they desired in any case to go to Egypt. He reported this to Jeremiah, and he [Baruch] incited him [Jeremiah] to this [course of action]. Furthermore, since they reasoned that according to natural circumstances Nebuchadnezzar would harm them for the killing of Gedaliah, and it was better to flee from his hand, how then is it possible that the Lord would command them to remain in a place of danger, requiring Him to change Nebuchadnezzar's choice? This would be a miracle beyond nature, and the Lord will not perform a miracle as long as there is a possibility of escaping by natural means. Therefore, they did not believe in his prophecy.
but Baruch the son of Neriah sets you on against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captives to Babylon.’
verse value 5319
Insights
Verse structure: 15 words, 64 letters. The shortest word is "for" (כִּ֗י, 2 letters) and the longest is "in·hand·of·the·Chaldeans" (בְיַֽד־הַכַּשְׂדִּים֙, 9 letters). Words sharing gematria 457: us, us, us. 4 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "inciting" (מַסִּ֥ית), "to·give" (תֵּ֨ת), "in·hand·of·the·Chaldeans" (בְיַֽד־הַכַּשְׂדִּים֙). 12 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "for" (root כי, 318x in Jeremiah); "to·give" (root נתן, 141x in Jeremiah); "Babylon" (root בבל, 93x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'against·us', dividing the verse into phrases of 6 and 9 words.
Metzudat David
"For Baruch..." It is possible that they had a dispute and quarrel with Baruch, and therefore they suspected him of this, that he was inciting Jeremiah against them to prophesy to them to remain there, in order that they might be handed over into the hands of the Chaldeans.
"To kill, etc." – This means that some will be killed and some will be exiled to Babylonia.
Metzudat Zion
Mesit. From the language of incitement and seduction.
So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, hearkened not to the voice of Hashem, to dwell in the land of Judah.
verse value 2990
Insights
Verse structure: 11 words, 55 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֑ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. Verse gematria: 2990 is divisible by 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "voice" (בְּק֣וֹל, 4 letters) and the longest is "and·not·he·listened" (וְלֹא־שָׁמַע֩, 6 letters). 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "and·not·he·listened" (וְלֹא־שָׁמַע֩). 11 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "in·land·of" (root ארץ, 245x in Jeremiah); "and·not·he·listened" (root שמע, 184x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'Hashem', dividing the verse into phrases of 8 and 3 words. Full calculation: וְלֹא־שָׁמַע֩ [and·not·he·listened] (447) + יוֹחָנָ֨ן [Johanan] (124) + בֶּן־קָרֵ֜חַ [son·of·Kareah] (360) + וְכׇל־שָׂרֵ֧י [and·all·the·princes·of] (566) + הַחֲיָלִ֛ים [strength] (103) + וְכׇל־הָעָ֖ם [and·all·the·people] (171) + בְּק֣וֹל [voice] (138) + יְהֹוָ֑ה [Hashem] (26) + לָשֶׁ֖בֶת [to·dwell] (732) + בְּאֶ֥רֶץ [in·land·of] (293) + יְהוּדָֽה [Judah] (30) = 2990.
But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all the nations whither they had been driven to sojourn in the land of Judah:
verse value 5103
Insights
Verse structure: 15 words, 76 letters. The shortest word is "that" (אֲשֶׁ֣ר, 3 letters) and the longest is "from·all·the·nations" (מִכׇּל־הַגּוֹיִם֙, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 124: and·took, Johanan. 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "who·returned" (אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֗בוּ). The root יהודה appears 2 times in this verse. 13 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "who·returned" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "in·land·of" (root ארץ, 245x in Jeremiah); "all·rest" (root כל, 167x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'Judah', dividing the verse into phrases of 8 and 7 words.
Metzudat David
"Who returned." Who came back, etc., to dwell in the land of Judah.
the men, and the women, and the children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah;
verse value 7847
Insights
Verse structure: 19 words, 112 letters. The shortest word is "and" (וְאֵ֣ת, 3 letters) and the longest is "the·men" (אֶֽת־הַ֠גְּבָרִ֠ים, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 501: and·the·children, that. 6 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "the·men" (אֶֽת־הַ֠גְּבָרִ֠ים), "and·the·women" (וְאֶת־הַנָּשִׁ֣ים), "and·the·children" (וְאֶת־הַטַּף֮). The root בין appears 2 times in this verse. 14 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "that" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "king" (root מלך, 253x in Jeremiah); "son·of·Ahikam" (root בין, 146x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'son·of·Shaphan', dividing the verse into phrases of 14 and 5 words.
Radak
"Et Gedaliah." [I.e.,] with Gedaliah.
Metzudat David
"And all the souls." [This includes] the slaves and maidservants.
"And Jeremiah, etc."—Even they were taken against their will.
and they came into the land of Egypt; for they hearkened not to the voice of Hashem; and they came even to Tahpanhes.
verse value 2042
Insights
Verse structure: 10 words, 42 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֑ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "for" (כִּ֛י, 2 letters) and the longest is "until·Tahpanhes" (עַד־תַּחְפַּנְחֵֽס, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 25: and·they·came, and·they·came. 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "until·Tahpanhes" (עַד־תַּחְפַּנְחֵֽס). The root בוא appears 2 times in this verse. 9 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "for" (root כי, 318x in Jeremiah); "not" (root לא, 307x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'Hashem', dividing the verse into phrases of 8 and 2 words. Full calculation: וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ [and·they·came] (25) + אֶ֣רֶץ [land] (291) + מִצְרַ֔יִם [Egypt] (380) + כִּ֛י [for] (30) + לֹ֥א [not] (31) + שָׁמְע֖וּ [they·heard] (416) + בְּק֣וֹל [voice] (138) + יְהֹוָ֑ה [Hashem] (26) + וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ [and·they·came] (25) + עַד־תַּחְפַּנְחֵֽס [until·Tahpanhes] (680) = 2042.
Metzudat David
“For they did not listen, etc.”—that is, they did not heed the commandment He had given them not to go.
"Until Tahpanhes." It is a place in the land of Egypt.
Malbim
"And they came into the land of Egypt, because they did not listen" — this means that due to their failure to heed the voice of the Lord, it came about that they entered Egypt. For indeed, this was the final curse mentioned in Deuteronomy: "The Lord will bring you back to Egypt in ships." Thus, their entry was a punishment for their prior sins.
’Take great stones in your hand, and hide them in the mortar in the framework, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
verse value 4452
Insights
Verse structure: 14 words, 68 letters. Notable word values: "in·your·hand" (בְּיָדְךָ֞) = 36, double chai. The shortest word is "take" (קַ֣ח, 2 letters) and the longest is "house·of·Pharaoh" (בֵּית־פַּרְעֹ֖ה, 7 letters). 5 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "stone" (אֲבָנִ֣ים), "and·you·will·hide·them" (וּטְמַנְתָּ֤ם), "in·the·mortar" (בַּמֶּ֙לֶט֙). 14 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "that" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "man" (root איש, 153x in Jeremiah); "in·your·hand" (root יד, 98x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'in·Tahpanhes', dividing the verse into phrases of 11 and 3 words. Full calculation: קַ֣ח [take] (108) + בְּיָדְךָ֞ [in·your·hand] (36) + אֲבָנִ֣ים [stone] (103) + גְּדֹל֗וֹת [great] (443) + וּטְמַנְתָּ֤ם [and·you·will·hide·them] (545) + בַּמֶּ֙לֶט֙ [in·the·mortar] (81) + בַּמַּלְבֵּ֔ן [in·the·brick·mold] (124) + אֲשֶׁ֛ר [that] (501) + בְּפֶ֥תַח [opening] (490) + בֵּית־פַּרְעֹ֖ה [house·of·Pharaoh] (767) + בְּתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס [in·Tahpanhes] (608) + לְעֵינֵ֖י [to·eyes·of] (170) + אֲנָשִׁ֥ים [man] (401) + יְהוּדִֽים [Jew] (75) = 4452.
Rashi
“And you shall hide them in mortar.” This mem is a yesod nofel (an additional formative letter, not part of the root) in the word, like in the words makom, ma'amad, ma'aseh; and its root is lamed-tet, like “vayyalet panav” (1 Kings 19, “and he wrapped his face”). [The verse means:] to cover it within the clay in the mold; “bemelet” is “envelopamento” in the vernacular.
Radak
"In the mortar, in the brick-mold." *Melet* (mortar) is the material from which bricks are made, or another material, from lime and sand. *Malben* [refers to] the place where the bricks are fired, or the place where they are made. And Jonathan (Targum) rendered it 'be-tafil binyana' [in the plaster of the building].
Metzudat David
"With mortar, in the brick mold." They concealed them in the mortar at the place where the bricks were made.
"At the entrance." Adjacent to the entrance:
Metzudat Zion
And you shall hide them. The language of hiding and concealing.
"Be-melet." So is called the material made of lime and sand, and our Sages of blessed memory stated: "even though he plastered them" (Bava Batra 6a), and the explanation is that he prepared the space for the beams with lime.
"Bemalben." This is the place where they make bricks.
Malbim
"Take in your hand" – this teaches that even a prophecy of retribution (which the Lord may revoke if the people improve their deeds) will not be revoked in any way if the prophet performs some symbolic act, for this indicates the firmness of the decree, as the Ramban wrote. Therefore, He commanded him to perform a symbolic act to indicate that the matter was firmly decreed and would not be changed.
and say to them: Thus says Hashem of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
verse value 8723
Insights
Verse structure: 24 words, 121 letters. Notable word values: "to·them" (אֲלֵיהֶ֡ם) = 86, equal to Elohim. Verse gematria: 8723 is divisible by 13, the value of echad ('one') and ahavah ('love'). The shortest word is "sending" (שֹׁלֵ֙חַ֙, 3 letters) and the longest is "Nebuchadrezzar" (אֶת־נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֤ר, 11 letters). Words sharing gematria 86: to·them, my·servant. 5 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "Nebuchadrezzar" (אֶת־נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֤ר), "stone" (לָאֲבָנִ֥ים), "I·hid" (טָמָ֑נְתִּי). The root אמר appears 2 times in this verse. 21 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "and·you·shall·say" (root אמר, 476x in Jeremiah); "that" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'I·hid', dividing the verse into phrases of 20 and 4 words.
Rashi
Shafriro. His tent; and a similar example [of this usage] is: "By His spirit the heavens were made fair" (Job 26:13).
Radak
"Et shafruro [his pavilion]." It is written with a vav and read with a yod, and the meaning is the same, for the letters aleph-heh-vav-yod [the interchangeable weak letters] are interchangeable. Its interpretation is 'his tent,' and a beautiful tent is called 'shafrir' for its beauty, from [the phrase] 'words of beauty' (imrei shefer); and 'shafrir' is of the same pattern as 'sagrir' [a stormy day].
Metzudat David
"And you shall say to them" – to those Jews:
Behold, I am sending. This means: I will arouse my heart to come here.
"My servant." This means: one who carries out My mission.
"And he shall spread out." He will pitch his tent over the stones.
Metzudat Zion
"Shafriro [his pavilion]." So is called the beautiful tent, and similarly [in the phrase] "by His spirit the heavens were made fair" (Job 26:13); and it is from the language of "He who gives words of beauty" (Genesis 49:21); and it comes on the pattern of "sagrir."
And he shall come, and shall smite the land of Egypt; such as are for death to death, and such as are for captivity to captivity, and such as are for the sword to the sword.
verse value 4762
Insights
Verse structure: 14 words, 56 letters. Notable word values: "and·he·struck" (וְהִכָּ֖ה) = 36, double chai. The shortest word is "and·he·shall·come" (וּבָ֕א, 3 letters) and the longest is "land" (אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ, 5 letters). Words sharing gematria 507: and·that, and·that. 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "and·he·struck" (וְהִכָּ֖ה). The root אשר appears 3 times in this verse. 8 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "that" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "land" (root ארץ, 245x in Jeremiah); "and·going·in" (root בוא, 211x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'Egypt', dividing the verse into phrases of 5 and 9 words. Full calculation: (ובאה) [and·going·in] (14) + וּבָ֕א [and·he·shall·come] (9) + וְהִכָּ֖ה [and·he·struck] (36) + אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ [land] (692) + מִצְרָ֑יִם [Egypt] (380) + אֲשֶׁ֧ר [that] (501) + לַמָּ֣וֶת [to·the·death] (476) + לַמָּ֗וֶת [to·the·death] (476) + וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר [and·that] (507) + לַשְּׁבִי֙ [into·captivity] (342) + לַשֶּׁ֔בִי [into·captivity] (342) + וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר [and·that] (507) + לַחֶ֖רֶב [to·the·sword] (240) + לֶחָֽרֶב [by·the·sword] (240) = 4762.
Radak
"And it shall come and strike." It is written 'u-va'ah' [vav-bet-aleph-heh], in the feminine form, referring to the camp, and it is read 'u-va' [vav-bet-aleph], in the masculine form, referring to Nebuchadnezzar.
Metzudat David
"Which are to die." [Those] who are deserving to die by famine shall die by famine, etc.
And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives; and he shall fold up the land of Egypt, as a shepherd folds up his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
verse value 5964
Insights
Verse structure: 16 words, 73 letters. The shortest word is "fire" (אֵ֗שׁ, 2 letters) and the longest is "as·one·wraps" (כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־יַעְטֶ֤ה, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 380: Egypt, Egypt, from·there. 6 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "in·houses·of" (בְּבָתֵּי֙), "and·will·burn·them" (וּשְׂרָפָ֖ם), "and·will·shebam·them" (וְשָׁבָ֑ם). The root מצרים appears 2 times in this verse. 15 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "as·one·wraps" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "land" (root ארץ, 245x in Jeremiah); "the·God·of" (root אלהים, 140x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'and·will·shebam·them', dividing the verse into phrases of 7 and 9 words.
Rashi
“And he shall wrap the land of Egypt.” He shall bind up all her [Egypt's] spoil and depart, just as a shepherd wraps and rolls up his garment and casts it over his shoulders when he leads his flock before him.
Radak
"And he shall burn them and carry them off [into captivity]." He shall burn the houses in which the gods of Egypt are, and he shall carry off the gods of silver and the gods of gold; or alternatively, the interpretation is that he shall carry off their worshippers.
"And he shall wrap himself up in the land of Egypt." That is to say, he shall plunder all its spoils.
"Just as the shepherd wraps himself in his garment." Just as the shepherd wraps himself in his garment and coils himself up within it, so too he will coil up all the spoils of the land of Egypt. The reference to the shepherd is because the shepherd stands day and night in the wilderness with the flock, and he wraps himself tightly and hugs himself in his garment well, on account of the cold of the night. And my master and father, of blessed memory, explained: "Just as the shepherd travels from place to place, and when he travels from the place, he wraps the garment of the tent in which he dwells and goes on his way, leaving nothing behind in that place."
Metzudat David
"And He shall burn them and take them captive." This means: their gods of wood He shall burn, and their gods of silver and gold He shall take into captivity.
"And he shall wrap." The spoil of the land of Egypt he will wrap up, to take everything, just as a shepherd, when he travels from place to place, wraps all his utensils with his garment to bring them with him, and does not leave any of them behind.
"And he went out." Nebuchadnezzar went out from there in peace, and the men of Egypt could not take their property from his hand.
Metzudat Zion
"and I will kindle": The matter of kindling and burning, as it is written, "and it kindled in the thickets of the forest" (Isaiah 9:17).
"and he will take them captive." From the language of captivity.
"Ve'atah" (ועטה). "Ye'ateh" (יעטה) is a term meaning wrapping, and so too "me'uteh latavach" [wrapped for the slaughter] (Ezekiel 21):
"His garment." With his garment:
He shall also break the pillars of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.’
verse value 5811
Insights
Verse structure: 11 words, 51 letters. Verse gematria: 5811 is divisible by 13, the value of echad ('one') and ahavah ('love'). The shortest word is "house·of" (בֵּ֣ית, 3 letters) and the longest is "the·gods·of·Egypt" (אֱלֹהֵֽי־מִצְרַ֖יִם, 9 letters). 4 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "pillars·of" (אֶֽת־מַצְּבוֹת֙), "and·houses·of" (וְאֶת־בָּתֵּ֥י), "the·gods·of·Egypt" (אֱלֹהֵֽי־מִצְרַ֖יִם). The root בית appears 2 times in this verse. 10 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "that" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "in·land·of" (root ארץ, 245x in Jeremiah); "house·of" (root בית, 128x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'Egypt', dividing the verse into phrases of 7 and 4 words. Full calculation: וְשִׁבַּ֗ר [and·has·broken] (508) + אֶֽת־מַצְּבוֹת֙ [pillars·of] (939) + בֵּ֣ית [house·of] (412) + שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ [sun] (640) + אֲשֶׁ֖ר [that] (501) + בְּאֶ֣רֶץ [in·land·of] (293) + מִצְרָ֑יִם [Egypt] (380) + וְאֶת־בָּתֵּ֥י [and·houses·of] (819) + אֱלֹהֵֽי־מִצְרַ֖יִם [the·gods·of·Egypt] (426) + יִשְׂרֹ֥ף [he·shall·burn] (590) + בָּאֵֽשׁ [in·the·fire] (303) = 5811.
Rashi
“The altars of Beth Shemesh.” These are the altars that those who converted in the days of Hezekiah made there — the captives of Sennacherib, whom he had brought from Cush and from Egypt, before Jerusalem, on the day of his defeat, as it is stated (Isaiah 19:18): “On that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear to the Lord of Hosts; one of them shall be called Ir HaHeres [the City of Destruction].” And Targum Yonatan translates: “the city — [namely] Beth Shemesh, which is destined to be destroyed — shall be said to be one of them.”
Radak
Beth Shemesh. For they used to serve the sun there. And he [the verse] also remembers, "And the houses of the gods of Egypt he shall burn with fire," to strengthen the matter, to say that all of them he shall burn with fire, to the disgrace of their gods.
Metzudat David
The stones of Beth-shemesh. The stones that stood in the house where they served the sun as a divine service:
Metzudat Zion
Mazevot. An altar made of a single stone is called a mazzevah in the language of the Bible:
Metzudat David
Malbim