Jeremiah:46

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* The word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations . * Of Egypt . Concerning the army of Pharaoh –Necho , the king of Egypt , which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish , which Nebuchadnezzar , king of Babylon , smote , in the fourth year of Jehoiakim , the son of Josiah , king of Judah . * Prepare ye the buckler and shield , And move on to battle ! * Harness the horses , and mount , ye riders ! Stand forth in your helmets ; Make bright the spears , And put on the coats of mail ! * Wherefore do I see them dismayed , and turned back ? Even their mighty ones are smitten ; They flee apace ; they look not back . Terror is on every side , saith Jehovah . * Let not the swift attempt to flee away , Nor the mighty man to escape ; Toward the North by the river Euphrates shall they stumble and fall . * Who is he that riseth up like the Nile , Whose waters swell like floods ? * Egypt riseth up like the Nile , And like floods do his waters swell . He saith , "I will arise , I will cover the land , I will destroy the city , and them that dwell therein ." * Come up , ye horses , and rage , ye chariots ! And let the mighty men go forth , The Ethiopians , and the Libyans , that bear the shield , And the Lydians , that bear and bend the bow ! * This is the day of the Lord Jehovah of hosts , A day of vengeance , to avenge himself of his enemies ; And the sword shall devour , and satiate itself , And it shall be made drunk with their blood . For Jehovah of hosts hath a sacrifice In the North country , by the river Euphrates . * Go up to Gilead , and take balm , O virgin , daughter of Egypt ! In vain shalt thou use many medicines ; There is no cure for thee ! * The nations have heard of thy shame , And thy cry hath filled the earth ; For they have stumbled , the mighty against the mighty , And they are fallen both together . * The word which Jehovah spake to Jeremiah the prophet , concerning the coming of Nebuchadnezzar , king of Babylon , to smite the land of Egypt . * Declare ye in Egypt , and proclaim in Migdol , Proclaim ye also in Noph and Tahpanhes ! Say ye , "Stand fast and prepare thyself , For the sword shall devour round about thee !" * Wherefore are thy mighty ones overthrown ? They stood not , because Jehovah cast them down . * He caused many to fall ; one fell upon another ; And they said , "Arise , and let us go to our own people , And to the land of our nativity , from the overpowering sword ." * There they cry , "Pharaoh , king of Egypt , is undone ! He hath let pass the appointed time ." * As I live , saith the King , Whose name is Jehovah of hosts : Like Tabor among the mountains , And like Carmel by the sea , he cometh ! Prepare thyself travelling equipage , * Thou who dwellest in Egypt ! For Noph shall become waste , Yea , desolate without an inhabitant . * Egypt is a fair heifer , But destruction cometh ; it cometh from the North . * Her mercenaries also in the midst of her are like fatted bullocks ; Yet they also turn back ; they flee together ; they stand not ; For the day of their calamity is come upon them , And the time of their punishment . * Her voice shall be heard like that of a serpent , When they shall march against her with their forces , And come against her with axes like fellers of trees . * They shall cut down her forest , though it be impenetrable ; For they exceed the locusts in multitude , And are innumerable . * The daughter of Egypt is brought to shame ; She is given into the hand of the people of the North . * Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel , saith : Behold , I will punish Ammon of No , And Pharaoh , and Egypt , with their gods and their kings ; Even Pharaoh and all that trust in him . * And I will deliver them into the hands of those that seek their lives , And into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar , king of Babylon , And into the hand of his servants . But after this it shall be inhabited , As in the days of old , saith Jehovah . * But fear thou not , O my servant Jacob , And be not thou dismayed , O Israel ! For , behold , I will bring thee safe from afar , And thy posterity from the land of their captivity ; And Jacob shall return and be at rest , Yea , he shall be quiet , and none shall make him afraid . * Fear thou not , O Jacob , my servant , saith Jehovah , For I will be with thee ; When I shall make a full end of all the nations Whither I have dispersed thee , Yet will I not make a full end of thee ; I will correct thee in measure ; Yet must I not leave thee wholly unpunished .

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