Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 46:10

10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries : and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate, and made drunk with their blood : for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north countrey, by the river Euphrates .

Or, But this is the day of the Lord, &c. Pharaoh ▪ is mistaken in accounting this day his own, because of the multitude of his Forces, this is the day of the Lord, who as he is the Lord of all the hosts of his Creatures, so hath a particular rule and government over hosts of men; this is further explained by the next words, a day of vengeance, which God hath set apart, in it to be avenged upon his Enemies.

These phrases only metaphorically signifie, the great slaughter God would make that day amongst the Egyptians.

This the Prophet declares that God would do for his honour and glory, therefore he calls it a sacrifice by which also he declareth his Justice in this punishment of the Egyptian, and for the further repute and credit of his Prophesie, telleth them to whom he spake and the place it should be in, viz. near the River Euphrates, where Iosiah was slain by him, 2 Kings 23.29.

Marginal references: Zeph. 1.7. see Ezek. 39.1[illegible: 1 letter].