Jeremiah:46-48

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* The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations . * Of Egypt : concerning the army of Pharaoh-neco king of Egypt , which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish , which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah , king of Judah . * Make ready buckler and shield , and draw near to battle . * Harness the horses , and mount , ye horsemen , and stand forth with your helmets ; furbish the spears , put on the coats of mail . * Wherefore do I see them dismayed and turned backward ? and their mighty ones are beaten down , and they are fled apace , and look not back ; terror is on every side , saith the LORD . * The swift cannot flee away , nor the mighty man escape ; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen . * Who is this like the Nile that riseth up , like the rivers whose waters toss themselves ? * Egypt is like the Nile that riseth up , and like the rivers whose waters toss themselves ; and he saith : 'I will rise up , I will cover the earth , I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof .' * Prance , ye horses , and rush madly , ye chariots ; and let the mighty men go forth : Cush and Put , that handle the shield , and the Ludim , that handle and bend the bow . * For the Lord GOD of hosts shall have on that day a day of vengeance , that He may avenge Him of His adversaries ; and the sword shall devour and be satiate , and shall be made drunk with their blood ; for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates . * Go up into Gilead , and take balm , O virgin daughter of Egypt ; in vain dost thou use many medicines ; there is no cure for thee . * The nations have heard of thy shame , and the earth is full of thy cry ; for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty , they are fallen both of them together . * The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet , how that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt . * Declare ye in Egypt , and announce in Migdol , and announce in Noph and in Tahpanhes ; say ye : 'Stand forth , and prepare thee , for the sword hath devoured round about thee .' * Why is thy strong one overthrown ? He stood not , because the LORD did thrust him down . * He made many to stumble ; yea , they fell one upon another , and said : 'Arise , and let us return to our own people , and to the land of our birth , from the oppressing sword .' * They cried there : 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise ; he hath let the appointed time pass by .' * As I live , saith the King , whose name is the LORD of hosts , surely like Tabor among the mountains , and like Carmel by the sea , so shall he come . * O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt , furnish thyself to go into captivity ; for Noph shall become a desolation , and shall be laid waste , without inhabitant . * Egypt is a very fair heifer ; but the gadfly out of the north is come , it is come . * Also her mercenaries in the midst of her are like calves of the stall , for they also are turned back , they are fled away together , they did not stand ; for the day of their calamity is come upon them , the time of their visitation . * The sound thereof shall go like the serpent 's ; for they march with an army , and come against her with axes , as hewers of wood . * They cut down her forest , saith the LORD , though it cannot be searched ; because they are more than the locusts , and are innumerable . * The daughter of Egypt is put to shame ; she is delivered into the hand of the people of the north . * The LORD of hosts , the God of Israel , saith : Behold , I will punish Amon of No , and Pharaoh , and Egypt , with her gods , and her kings ; even Pharaoh , and them that trust in him ; * and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives , and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon , and into the hand of his servants ; and afterwards it shall be inhabited , as in the days of old , saith the LORD . * But fear not thou , O Jacob My servant , neither be dismayed , O Israel ; for , lo , I will save thee from afar , and thy seed from the land of their captivity ; and Jacob shall again be quiet and at ease , and none shall make him afraid . * Fear not thou , O Jacob My servant , saith the LORD , for I am with thee ; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee , but I will not make a full end of thee ; and I will correct thee in measure , but will not utterly destroy thee . * The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines , before that Pharaoh smote Gaza . * Thus saith the LORD : Behold , waters rise up out of the north , and shall become an overflowing stream , and they shall overflow the land and all that is therein , the city and them that dwell therein ; and the men shall cry , and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail . * At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones , at the rushing of his chariots , at the rumbling of his wheels , the fathers look not back to their children for feebleness of hands ; * Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines , to cut off from Tyre and Zidon every helper that remaineth ; for the LORD will spoil the Philistines , the remnant of the isle of Caphtor . * Baldness is come upon Gaza , Ashkelon is brought to nought , the remnant of their valley ; how long wilt thou cut thyself ? * O thou sword of the LORD , how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? Put up thyself into thy scabbard , rest , and be still . * How canst thou be quiet ? for the LORD hath given it a charge ; against Ashkelon , and against the sea-shore , there hath He appointed it . * Of Moab . Thus saith the LORD of hosts , the God of Israel : Woe unto Nebo ! for it is spoiled ; Kiriathaim is put to shame , it is taken ; Misgab is put to shame and dismayed . * The praise of Moab is no more ; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her : 'Come , and let us cut her off from being a nation .' Thou also , O Madmen , shalt be brought to silence ; the sword shall pursue thee . * Hark ! a cry from Horonaim , spoiling and great destruction ! * Moab is destroyed ; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard . * For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up ; for in the going down of Horonaim they have heard the distressing cry of destruction . * Flee , save your lives , and be like a tamarisk in the wilderness . * For , because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures , thou also shalt be taken ; and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity , his priests and his princes together . * And the spoiler shall come upon every city , and no city shall escape ; the valley also shall perish , and the plain shall be destroyed ; as the LORD hath spoken . * Give wings unto Moab , for she must fly and get away ; and her cities shall become a desolation , without any to dwell therein . * Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD with a slack hand , and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood . * Moab hath been at ease from his youth , and he hath settled on his lees , and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel , neither hath he gone into captivity ; therefore his taste remaineth in him , and his scent is not changed . * Therefore , behold , the days come , saith the LORD , that I will send unto him them that tilt up , and they shall tilt him up ; and they shall empty his vessels , and break their bottles in pieces . * And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh , as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence . * How say ye : 'We are mighty men , and valiant men for the war '? * Moab is spoiled , and they are gone up into her cities , and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter , saith the King , whose name is the LORD of hosts . * The calamity of Moab is near to come , and his affliction hasteth fast . * Bemoan him , all ye that are round about him , and all ye that know his name ; say : 'How is the strong staff broken , the beautiful rod !' * O thou daughter that dwellest in Dibon , come down from thy glory , and sit in thirst ; for the spoiler of Moab is come up against thee , he hath destroyed thy strongholds . * O inhabitant of Aroer , stand by the way , and watch ; ask him that fleeth , and her that escapeth ; say : 'What hath been done ?' * Moab is put to shame , for it is dismayed ; wail and cry ; tell ye it in Arnon , that Moab is spoiled . * And judgment is come upon the country of the Plain ; upon Holon , and upon Jahzah , and upon Mephaath ; * and upon Dibon , and upon Nebo , and upon Beth-diblathaim ; * and upon Kiriathaim , and upon Beth-gamul , and upon Beth-meon ; * and upon Kerioth , and upon Bozrah , and upon all the cities of the land of Moab , far or near . * The horn of Moab is cut off , and his arm is broken , saith the LORD . * Make ye him drunken , for he magnified himself against the LORD ; and Moab shall wallow in his vomit , and he also shall be in derision . * For was not Israel a derision unto thee ? Was he found among thieves ? For as often as thou speakest of him , thou waggest the head . * O ye that dwell in Moab , leave the cities , and dwell in the rock ; and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the pit 's mouth . * We have heard of the pride of Moab ; he is very proud ; his loftiness , and his pride , and his haughtiness , and the assumption of his heart . * I know his arrogancy , saith the LORD , that it is ill-founded ; his boastings have wrought nothing well-founded . * Therefore will I wail for Moab ; yea , I will cry out for all Moab ; for the men of Kir-heres shall my heart moan . * With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for thee , O vine of Sibmah ; thy branches passed over the sea , they reached even to the sea of Jazer ; upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage the spoiler is fallen . * And gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field , and from the land of Moab ; and I have caused wine to cease from the winepresses ; none shall tread with shouting ; the shouting shall be no shouting . * From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh , even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice , from Zoar even unto Horonaim , a heifer of three years old ; for the Waters of Nimrim also shall be desolate . * Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab , saith the LORD , him that offereth in the high place , and him that offereth to his gods . * Therefore my heart moaneth for Moab like pipes , and my heart moaneth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres ; therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished . * For every head is bald , and every beard clipped ; upon all the hands are cuttings , and upon the loins sackcloth . * On all the housetops of Moab and in the broad places thereof there is lamentation every where ; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure , saith the LORD . * 'How is it broken down !' wail ye ! 'How hath Moab turned the back with shame !' So shall Moab become a derision and a dismay to all that are round about him . * For thus saith the LORD : Behold , he shall swoop as a vulture , and shall spread out his wings against Moab . * The cities are taken , and the strongholds are seized , and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs . * And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people , because he hath magnified himself against the LORD . * Terror , and the pit , and the trap , are upon thee , O inhabitant of Moab , saith the LORD . * He that fleeth from the terror shall fall into the pit ; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the trap ; for I will bring upon her , even upon Moab , the year of their visitation , saith the LORD . * In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stand without strength ; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon , and a flame from the midst of Sihon , and it devoureth the corner of Moab , and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones . * Woe unto thee , O Moab ! The people of Chemosh is undone ; for thy sons are taken away captive , and thy daughters into captivity . * Yet will I turn the captivity of Moab in the end of days , saith the LORD . Thus far is the judgment of Moab . * Of the children of Ammon . Thus saith the LORD : Hath Israel no sons ? Hath he no heir ? Why then doth Malcam take possession of Gad , and his people dwell in the cities thereof ?

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