Jeremiah 46
46This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.H1697H3068H3414H5030H14712To Egypt: Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at Carchemish and which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of the reign of Josiah's son Jehoiakim, king of Judah.H4714H2428H6549H4428H4714H5104H6578H3751H5019H4428H894H5221H7243H8141H3079H1121H2977H4428H30633"Prepare buckler and shield, and advance into the battle!H6186H4043H6793H5066H44214Harness the horses! Riders, mount up! Take your positions with your helmets! Polish lances, and put on armor!H631H5483H5927H6571H3320H3553H4838H7420H3847H56305Why am I seeing this?They're terrified, they have turned back. Their warriors are crushed, and they take flight. They don't look back. Terror is on every side," declares the Lord.H7200H2844H5472H268H1368H3807H5127H4498H6437H4032H5439H5002H30686"The swift cannot flee, nor can the strong escape. In the north, beside the Euphrates River, they stumble and fall.H7031H5127H1368H4422H3782H5307H6828H3027H5104H65787Who is this rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge -H5927H2975H4325H1607H51048Egypt is rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge. He says, 'I'll rise and cover the land. I'll destroy city and its inhabitants.'H4714H5927H2975H4325H1607H5104H559H5927H3680H776H6H5892H34279Horses, get up! Chariots, drive furiously! Let the warriors go forward, Ethiopia and Put who carry shields, and the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.H5927H5483H1984H7393H1368H3318H3568H6316H8610H4043H3866H8610H1869H719810That day belongs to the Lord of the Heavenly Armies. It is a day of vengeance to take vengeance on his foes. The sword will devour and be satisfied, and will drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north, by the Euphrates river.H3117H136H3069H6635H3117H5360H5358H6862H2719H398H7646H7301H1818H136H3069H6635H2077H6828H776H5104H657811Go up to Gilead and get balm, virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain you multiply remedies, but there is no healing for you.H5927H1568H3947H6875H1330H1323H4714H7723H7235H7499H858512The nations have heard of your disgrace, and your cry of distress fills the earth. Indeed, one warrior stumbles over another, and both of them fall down together."H1471H8085H7036H6682H4390H776H1368H3782H1368H5307H8147H316213This is the message that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to conquer the land of Egypt.H1697H3068H1696H3414H5030H5019H4428H894H935H5221H776H471414"Announce in Egypt, proclaim in Migdol. Proclaim also in Memphis and Tahpanhes. Say, 'Take your positions and be ready, for the sword will devour all around you.'H5046H4714H8085H4024H8085H5297H8471H559H3320H3559H2719H398H543915Why are your warriors prostrate?They don't stand because the Lord has brought them down.H47H5502H5975H3068H192016They repeatedly stumble and fall. They say to each other, 'Get up! Let's go back to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the oppressor's sword.'H7235H3782H376H5307H7453H559H6965H7725H5971H776H4138H6440H3238H271917There they'll cry out, 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is just a big noise. He has let the appointed time pass by.'H7121H6547H4428H4714H7588H5674H415018As certainly as I'm alive and living," declares the King, whose name is the Lord of the Heavenly Armies. Indeed, one will come like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.H2416H5002H4428H8034H3068H6635H8396H2022H3760H3220H93519Prepare your baggage for exile, daughter living in Egypt, for Memphis will become a desolate place. It will become a ruin without inhabitant.H1323H3427H4714H6213H3627H1473H5297H8047H3341H342720Egypt is a beautiful calf, but a horsefly from the north is surely coming.H4714H3304H5697H7171H935H935H682821Even the mercenary troops in her ranks are like a fattened calf. They too will turn around, and will flee together. They won't stand, for the day of their disaster is coming on them, the time of their punishment.H7916H7130H4770H5695H6437H5127H3162H5975H3117H343H935H6256H648622Her cry will be like that of a fleeing serpent when they come in strength. They're coming to her with axes like woodcutters.H6963H3212H5175H3212H2428H935H7134H2404H608623They'll cut down her forest, though it's impenetrable," declares the Lord, "for they're more numerous than locusts, and there are too many of them to count.H3772H3293H5002H3068H2713H7231H697H369H455724The daughter of Egypt will be put to shame, she will be given into the hands of the people from the north."H1323H4714H3001H5414H3027H5971H682825The Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel says, "Look, I'm going to punish Amon of Thebes, Pharaoh, Egypt, its gods and its kings, Pharaoh, and those who trust in him.H3068H6635H430H3478H559H6485H527H528H4996H6547H4714H430H4428H6547H98226I'll give them to those who are seeking their lives and to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his officers. Then afterwards, Egypt will be inhabited as in times past," declares the Lord.H5414H3027H1245H5315H3027H5019H4428H894H3027H5650H310H7931H3117H6924H5002H306827"As for you, my servant Jacob, don't be afraid, and Israel, don't be dismayed. For I'll deliver you from a distant place, and your descendants from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return. He will be undisturbed and secure, and no one will cause him to fear.H3372H5650H3290H2865H3478H3467H7350H2233H776H7628H3290H7725H8252H7599H272928"As for you, my servant Jacob, don't be afraid, and Israel, don't be dismayed," declares the Lord, "for I am with you. Indeed, I'll make an end of all the nations where I scattered you; but I won't make an end of you! I'll discipline you justly, but I'll certainly not leave you unpunished."H3372H3290H5650H5002H3068H6213H3617H1471H5080H6213H3617H3256H4941H5352H5352
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