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Jer.|46:1|-|The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the |1a|nations:
Jer.|46:2|-|Concerning |1a|Egypt: Concerning the army of |b|Pharaoh Neco, the king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon struck down in the |c|fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah:
Jer.|46:3|-|Prepare the buckler and shield,And draw near to battle.
Jer.|46:4|-|Harness the horses,And mount the steeds;
And take your stand with helmets on;Polish the spears;
Put on the armor.
Jer.|46:5|-|Why have I seen it?They are dismayed;
They are turning backward;And their mighty men are crushed and flee in hasty flight,
And they do not look back; terror is on every side,Declares Jehovah.
Jer.|46:6|-|Let not the swift one flee awayAnd the mighty man escape;
In the north by the river EuphratesThey have stumbled and fallen.
Jer.|46:7|-|Who is this who rises up like the Nile,Like rivers whose |a|waters surge?
Jer.|46:8|-|Egypt rises up like the Nile,Even like rivers whose waters surge.
And he says, I will rise up and will cover the land;I will destroy the city and the inhabitants in it.
Jer.|46:9|-|Go up, O horses,And drive furiously, O chariots;
And let the mighty men go forth:Cush and Put, who handle the shield,
And the |1|Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
Jer.|46:10|-|For |a|this day belongs to the Lord Jehovah of hosts,A day of vengeance to avenge Himself on His adversaries;
And the sword will devour and be satisfied,And it will drink its fill of their blood;
For there is a |b|sacrifice to the Lord Jehovah of hostsIn the land of the north by the river Euphrates.
Jer.|46:11|-|Go up to |a|Gilead and take balm,O virgin daughter of Egypt.
In vain you have used many medicines—There is no healing for you.
Jer.|46:12|-|The nations have heard of your disgrace,And your cry has filled the earth;
For mighty man has stumbled against mighty man;Both of them have fallen together.
Jer.|46:13|-|The word which Jehovah spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon to strike the land of |a|Egypt:
Jer.|46:14|-|Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol;Proclaim also in Memphis and in Tahpanhes.
Say, Take your stand, and prepare yourself;For the sword has devoured all around you.
Jer.|46:15|-|Why are your mighty men prostrate?He does not stand, because Jehovah has cast him down.
Jer.|46:16|-|He made many stumble;A man even fell against his neighbor;
And they said, Arise and let us returnTo our own people and to the land of our birth,
Away from the sword of the oppressor.
Jer.|46:17|-|There they cried, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is but a noise;He has let the appointed time pass by.
Jer.|46:18|-|As I live, says the |a|King,Whose name is Jehovah of hosts,
Surely as Tabor is among the mountains,And Carmel is by the sea, so he will come.
Jer.|46:19|-|Prepare for yourself baggage for captivity,O inhabitant, O daughter of Egypt;
For Memphis will become a waste,And it will be burned, without inhabitant.
Jer.|46:20|-|Egypt is a beautiful heifer;A |1|gadfly from the |a|north has come |2|on her.
Jer.|46:21|-|Also her hired men in her midstAre like fattened calves.
But they have also turned back;They have fled together; they did not stand.
For the day of their calamity has come on them,The time of their punishment.
Jer.|46:22|-|Her sound is like that of a serpent going away;For they go forth in force,
And with axes they come against her,Like those who fell trees.
Jer.|46:23|-|They will cut down her forest, declares Jehovah,Although it is impenetrable;
For they are more numerous than locustsAnd are without number.
Jer.|46:24|-|The daughter of Egypt is put to shame;She is given into the hand of a people from the north.
Jer.|46:25|-|Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, says, I will |a|punish |1|Amon of No and Pharaoh and Egypt and her gods and her kings, even Pharaoh and those who trust in him.
Jer.|46:26|-|And I will give them into the hand of those who seek their life, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon and into the hand of his servants; and |1|afterward she will be inhabited as in the days of old, declares Jehovah.
Jer.|46:27|-||1a|But as for you, O Jacob My servant, do not |b|fear;And do not be dismayed, O Israel.
For indeed I will save you from afarAnd your seed from the land of their captivity;
And Jacob will return and be undisturbedAnd at ease, and no one will frighten him.
Jer.|46:28|-|As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not fear, declares Jehovah,For I am with you;
For I will make a full end of all the nationsTo which I have driven you;
Yet I will not make a |a|full end of you,But will correct you in measure
And will by no means leave you unpunished.
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