Jeremiah 46:1-12 — Legacy Standard Bible

Word Against Egypt

46That which came as the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah the prophet ^aconcerning the nations.

²To ^aEgypt, concerning the military force of ^bPharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at ^cCarchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down in the ^dfourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

³“^aArrange the shield and large shield,And draw near for the battle!⁴“Harness the horses,And ¹mount the steeds,And take your stand with helmets on!^aPolish the spears,Put on the ^bscale-armor!⁵“Why have I seen it?They are shattered;They are ^adrawing back,And their ^bmighty men are crushedAnd have fled to refuge,Without facing back;¹^,^cTerror is on every side!”Declares Yahweh.⁶Let not the ^aswift man flee,Nor the mighty man escape;In the north beside the river EuphratesThey have ^bstumbled and fallen.⁷Who is this that ^arises like the Nile,Like the rivers whose waters toss about?⁸Egypt rises like the Nile,Even like the rivers whose waters toss about;And He has said, “I will ^arise and cover that land;I will surely ^bcause the city to perish, as well as its inhabitants.”⁹Go up, you horses, and ¹^,^adrive madly, you chariots,That the mighty men may go forth:²Ethiopia and ³^,^bPut, who seize the shield,And the ⁴^,^cLydians, who seize and bend the bow.¹⁰Indeed, ^athat day belongs to Lord Yahweh of hosts,A day of ^bvengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His adversaries;And the ^csword will devour and be satiatedAnd ¹drink its fill of their blood;For there will be a ^dsacrifice to Lord Yahweh of hostsIn the land of the north by the river Euphrates.¹¹Go ^aup to Gilead and obtain balm,^bO virgin daughter of Egypt!In vain have you multiplied ¹remedies;There is ^cno healing for you.¹²The nations have heard of your ^adisgrace,And the earth is full of your ^boutcry;For one ^cwarrior has stumbled over ¹another,And both of them have fallen down together.