Jeremiah:46-48

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* The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles ; * Against Egypt , against the army of Pharaohnecho 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 . * Order ye the buckler and shield , and draw near to battle . * Harness the horses ; and get up , ye horsemen , and stand forth with your helmets ; furbish the spears , and put on the brigandines . * Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back ? and their mighty ones are beaten down , and are fled apace , and look not back : for fear was round about , saith the LORD . * Let not the swift flee away , nor the mighty man escape ; they shall stumble , and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates . * Who is this that cometh up as a flood , whose waters are moved as the rivers ? * Egypt riseth up like a flood , and his waters are moved like the rivers ; and he saith , I will go up , and will cover the earth ; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof . * Come up , ye horses ; and rage , ye chariots ; and let the mighty men come forth ; the Ethiopians and the Libyans , that handle the shield ; and the Lydians , that handle and bend the bow . * For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts , a day of vengeance , that he may avenge him of his adversaries : and the sword shall devour , and it shall be satiate and 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 , the daughter of Egypt : in vain shalt thou use many medicines ; for thou shalt not be cured . * The nations have heard of thy shame , and thy cry hath filled the land : for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty , and they are fallen both together . * The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet , how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt . * Declare ye in Egypt , and publish in Migdol , and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes : say ye , Stand fast , and prepare thee ; for the sword shall devour round about thee . * Why are thy valiant men swept away ? they stood not , because the LORD did drive them . * He made many to fall , yea , one fell upon another : and they said , Arise , and let us go again to our own people , and to the land of our nativity , from the oppressing sword . * They did cry there , Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise ; he hath passed the time appointed . * As I live , saith the King , whose name is the LORD of hosts , Surely as Tabor is among the mountains , and as Carmel by the sea , so shall he come . * O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt , furnish thyself to go into captivity : for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant . * Egypt is like a very fair heifer , but destruction cometh ; it cometh out of the north . * Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks ; for they also are turned back , and are fled away together : they did not stand , because the day of their calamity was come upon them , and the time of their visitation . * The voice thereof shall go like a serpent ; for they shall march with an army , and come against her with axes , as hewers of wood . * They shall cut down her forest , saith the LORD , though it cannot be searched ; because they are more than the grasshoppers , and are innumerable . * The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded ; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north . * The LORD of hosts , the God of Israel , saith ; Behold , I will punish the multitude of No , and Pharaoh , and Egypt , with their gods , and their kings ; even Pharaoh , and all 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 afterward it shall be inhabited , as in the days of old , saith the LORD . * But fear not thou , O my servant Jacob , and be not dismayed , O Israel : for , behold , I will save thee from afar off , and thy seed from the land of their captivity ; and Jacob shall return , and be in rest and at ease , and none shall make him afraid . * Fear thou not , 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 , but correct thee in measure ; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished . * The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines , before that Pharaoh smote Gaza . * Thus saith the LORD ; Behold , waters rise up out of the north , and shall be an overflowing flood , and shall overflow the land , and all that is therein ; the city , and them that dwell therein : then the men shall cry , and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl . * At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses , at the rushing of his chariots , and at the rumbling of his wheels , the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands ; * Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines , and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth : for the LORD will spoil the Philistines , the remnant of the country of Caphtor . * Baldness is come upon Gaza ; Ashkelon is cut off with 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 can it be quiet , seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon , and against the sea shore ? there hath he appointed it . * Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts , the God of Israel ; Woe unto Nebo ! for it is spoiled : Kiriathaim is confounded and taken : Misgab is confounded and dismayed . * There shall be no more praise of Moab : in Heshbon they have devised evil against it ; come , and let us cut it off from being a nation . Also thou shalt be cut down , O Madmen ; the sword shall pursue thee . * A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim , spoiling and great destruction . * Moab is destroyed ; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard . * For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up ; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction . * Flee , save your lives , and be like the heath in the wilderness . * For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures , thou shalt also be taken : and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with 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 , that it may flee and get away : for the cities thereof shall be desolate , without any to dwell therein . * Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully , 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 remained in him , and his scent is not changed . * Therefore , behold , the days come , saith the LORD , that I will send unto him wanderers , that shall cause him to wander , and shall empty his vessels , and break their bottles . * And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh , as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence . * How say ye , We are mighty and strong men for the war ? * Moab is spoiled , and gone up out of 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 . * All ye that are about him , bemoan him ; and all ye that know his name , say , How is the strong staff broken , and the beautiful rod ! * Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon , come down from thy glory , and sit in thirst ; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee , and he shall destroy thy strong holds . * O inhabitant of Aroer , stand by the way , and espy ; ask him that fleeth , and her that escapeth , and say , What is done ? * Moab is confounded ; for it is broken down : howl and cry ; tell ye it in Arnon , that Moab is spoiled , * And judgment is come upon the plain country ; upon Holon , and upon Jahazah , and upon Mephaath , * And upon Dibon , and upon Nebo , and upon Bethdiblathaim , * And upon Kiriathaim , and upon Bethgamul , and upon Bethmeon , * 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 : Moab also 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 since thou spakest of him , thou skippedst for joy . * 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 hole 's mouth . * We have heard the pride of Moab , (he is exceeding proud ) his loftiness , and his arrogancy , and his pride , and the haughtiness of his heart . * I know his wrath , saith the LORD ; but it shall not be so ; his lies shall not so effect it . * Therefore will I howl for Moab , and I will cry out for all Moab ; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres . * O vine of Sibmah , I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer : thy plants are gone over the sea , they reach even to the sea of Jazer : the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage . * And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field , and from the land of Moab ; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses : none shall tread with shouting ; their shouting shall be no shouting . * From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh , and even unto Jahaz , have they uttered their voice , from Zoar even unto Horonaim , as an heifer of three years old : for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate . * Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab , saith the LORD , him that offereth in the high places , and him that burneth incense to his gods . * Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes , and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres : because the riches that he hath gotten are perished . * For every head shall be bald , and every beard clipped : upon all the hands shall be cuttings , and upon the loins sackcloth . * There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab , and in the streets thereof : for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure , saith the LORD . * They shall howl , saying , How is it broken down ! how hath Moab turned the back with shame ! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him . * For thus saith the LORD ; Behold , he shall fly as an eagle , and shall spread his wings over Moab . * Kerioth is taken , and the strong holds are surprised , and the mighty men 's hearts in 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 . * Fear , and the pit , and the snare , shall be upon thee , O inhabitant of Moab , saith the LORD . * He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit ; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare : for I will bring upon it , even upon Moab , the year of their visitation , saith the LORD . * They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force : but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon , and a flame from the midst of Sihon , and shall devour the corner of Moab , and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones . * Woe be unto thee , O Moab ! the people of Chemosh perisheth : for thy sons are taken captives , and thy daughters captives . * Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days , saith the LORD . Thus far is the judgment of Moab . * Concerning the Ammonites , thus saith the LORD ; Hath Israel no sons ? hath he no heir ? why then doth their king inherit Gad , and his people dwell in his cities ?

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