Jeremiah 46

46The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.H1697H3068H3414H5030H14712About Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:H4714H2428H6549H4428H4714H5104H6578H3751H5019H4428H894H5221H7243H8141H3079H1121H2977H4428H30633"Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!H6186H4043H6793H5066H44214Harness the horses; mount, O horsemen! Take your stations with your helmets, polish your spears, put on your armor!H631H5483H5927H6571H3320H3553H4838H7420H3847H56305Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward. Their warriors are beaten down and have fled in haste; they look not back— terror on every side! declares the LORD.H7200H2844H5472H268H1368H3807H5127H4498H6437H4032H5439H5002H30686"The swift cannot flee away, nor the warrior escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.H7031H5127H1368H4422H3782H5307H6828H3027H5104H65787"Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?H5927H2975H4325H1607H51048Egypt rises like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge. He said, 'I will rise, I will cover the earth, I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.'H4714H5927H2975H4325H1607H5104H559H5927H3680H776H6H5892H34279Advance, O horses, and rage, O chariots! Let the warriors go out: men of Cush and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.H5927H5483H1984H7393H1368H3318H3568H6316H8610H4043H3866H8610H1869H719810That day is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord GOD of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.H3117H136H3069H6635H3117H5360H5358H6862H2719H398H7646H7301H1818H136H3069H6635H2077H6828H776H5104H657811Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain you have used many medicines; there is no healing for you.H5927H1568H3947H6875H1330H1323H4714H7723H7235H7499H858512The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for warrior has stumbled against warrior; they have both fallen together."H1471H8085H7036H6682H4390H776H1368H3782H1368H5307H8147H316213The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:H1697H3068H1696H3414H5030H5019H4428H894H935H5221H776H471414"Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol; proclaim in Memphis and Tahpanhes; say, 'Stand ready and be prepared, for the sword shall devour around you.'H5046H4714H8085H4024H8085H5297H8471H559H3320H3559H2719H398H543915Why are your mighty ones face down? They do not stand because the LORD thrust them down.H47H5502H5975H3068H192016He made many stumble, and they fell, and they said one to another, 'Arise, and let us go back to our own people and to the land of our birth, because of the sword of the oppressor.'H7235H3782H376H5307H7453H559H6965H7725H5971H776H4138H6440H3238H271917Call the name of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, 'Noisy one who lets the hour go by.'H7121H6547H4428H4714H7588H5674H415018"As I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, shall one come.H2416H5002H4428H8034H3068H6635H8396H2022H3760H3220H93519Prepare yourselves baggage for exile, O inhabitants of Egypt! For Memphis shall become a waste, a ruin, without inhabitant.H1323H3427H4714H6213H3627H1473H5297H8047H3341H342720"A beautiful heifer is Egypt, but a biting fly from the north has come upon her.H4714H3304H5697H7171H935H935H682821Even her hired soldiers in her midst are like fattened calves; yes, they have turned and fled together; they did not stand, for the day of their calamity has come upon them, the time of their punishment.H7916H7130H4770H5695H6437H5127H3162H5975H3117H343H935H6256H648622"She makes a sound like a serpent gliding away; for her enemies march in force and come against her with axes like those who fell trees.H6963H3212H5175H3212H2428H935H7134H2404H608623They shall cut down her forest, declares the LORD, though it is impenetrable, because they are more numerous than locusts; they are without number.H3772H3293H5002H3068H2713H7231H697H369H455724The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of a people from the north."H1323H4714H3001H5414H3027H5971H682825The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, said: "Behold, I am bringing punishment upon Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.H3068H6635H430H3478H559H6485H527H528H4996H6547H4714H430H4428H6547H98226I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their life, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. Afterward Egypt shall be inhabited as in the days of old, declares the LORD.H5414H3027H1245H5315H3027H5019H4428H894H3027H5650H310H7931H3117H6924H5002H306827"But fear not, O Jacob my servant, nor be dismayed, O Israel, for behold, I will save you from far away, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease, and none shall make him afraid.H3372H5650H3290H2865H3478H3467H7350H2233H776H7628H3290H7725H8252H7599H272928Fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the LORD, for I am with you. I will make a full end of all the nations to which I have driven you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished."H3372H3290H5650H5002H3068H6213H3617H1471H5080H6213H3617H3256H4941H5352H5352