Jeremiah 46:1 - 46:12

Word Against Egypt

That which came as the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations. 2 To Egypt, concerning the military force of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: 3

“Arrange the shield and large shield,

And draw near for the battle!

Harness the horses,

And mount the steeds,

And take your stand with helmets on!

Polish the spears,

Put on the scale‑armor!

Why have I seen it?

They are shattered;

They are drawing back,

And their mighty men are crushed

And have fled to refuge,

Without facing back;

Terror is on every side!”

Declares Yahweh.

Let not the swift man flee,

Nor the mighty man escape;

In the north beside the river Euphrates

They have stumbled and fallen.

Who is this that rises like the Nile,

Like the rivers whose waters toss about?

Egypt rises like the Nile,

Even like the rivers whose waters toss about;

And He has said, “I will rise and cover that land;

I will surely cause the city to perish, as well as its inhabitants.”

Go up, you horses, and drive madly, you chariots,

That the mighty men may go forth:

Ethiopia and Put, who seize the shield,

And the Lydians, who seize and bend the bow.

Indeed, that day belongs to Lord Yahweh of hosts,

A day of vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His adversaries;

And the sword will devour and be satiated

And drink its fill of their blood;

For there will be a sacrifice to Lord Yahweh of hosts

In the land of the north by the river Euphrates.

Go up to Gilead and obtain balm,

O virgin daughter of Egypt!

In vain have you multiplied remedies;

There is no healing for you.

The nations have heard of your disgrace,

And the earth is full of your outcry;

For one warrior has stumbled over another,

And both of them have fallen down together.

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