Memphis
Where Memphis sits on the map, and the 8 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Coordinates
- 29.8488, 31.2530
- Mentions
- 8 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
8 verses, in biblical order.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 19:13
The leaders of Tanis have become foolish. The leaders of Memphis have decayed. They have deceived Egypt, the corner of its people.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 2:16
Likewise, the sons of Memphis and of Tahpanhes have defiled you, even to the top of the head.
- Jeremiah 44:1
The word that came through Jeremiah to all the Jews who were living in the land of Egypt, living at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros, saying:
- Jeremiah 46:14
“Announce it to Egypt, and make it heard in Migdol, and let it resonate in Memphis and in Tahpanhes. Say this: Stand and prepare yourself! For the sword will devour everything around you.
- Jeremiah 46:19
Equip yourself for the transmigration, O daughter who inhabits Egypt. For Memphis will be in desolation, and it will be deserted and uninhabited.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 30:13
Thus says the Lord God: And I will destroy the graven images, and I will cause the idols of Memphis to cease. And there will no longer be a commander of the land of Egypt. And I will send terror upon the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 30:16
And I will send a fire upon Egypt. Pelusium will be in pain, like a woman giving birth. And Alexandria will be utterly destroyed. And in Memphis, there will be anguish every day.
Hosea
- Hosea 9:6
For, behold, they have been sent away by devastation. Egypt will gather them together; Memphis will bury them. Nettles will inherit their desired silver; the burr will be in their tabernacles.