Jeremiah:46:1-51
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The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations .
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About Egypt .
Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco ,
king of Egypt ,
which was by the river Euphra '
tes at Car '
chemish and which Nebuchadrez '
zar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoi '
akim the son of Josi '
ah ,
king of Judah :
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Prepare buckler and shield ,
and advance for battle !
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Harness the horses ;
mount ,
O horsemen !
Take your stations with your helmets ,
polish your spears ,
put on your coats of mail !
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Why have I seen it ?
They are dismayed and have turned backward .
Their warriors are beaten down ,
and have fled in haste ;
they look not back--terror on every side !
says the LORD .
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The swift cannot flee away ,
nor the warrior escape ;
in the north by the river Euphra '
tes they have stumbled and fallen .
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Who is this ,
rising like the Nile ,
like rivers whose waters surge ?
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Egypt rises like the Nile ,
like rivers whose waters surge .
He said ,
I will rise ,
I will cover the earth ,
I will destroy cities and their inhabitants .
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Advance ,
O horses ,
and rage ,
O chariots !
Let the warriors go forth :
men of Ethiopia and Put who handle the shield ,
men of Lud ,
skilled in handling the bow .
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That day is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts ,
a day of vengeance ,
to avenge himself on his foes .
The sword shall devour and be sated ,
and drink its fill of their blood .
For the Lord GOD of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphra '
tes .
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Go up to Gilead ,
and take balm ,
O virgin daughter of Egypt !
In vain you have used many medicines ;
there is no healing for you .
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The nations have heard of your shame ,
and the earth is full of your cry ;
for warrior has stumbled against warrior ;
they have both fallen together ."
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The word which the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadrez '
zar king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt :
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Declare in Egypt ,
and proclaim in Migdol ;
proclaim in Memphis and Tah '
panhes ;
Say , `
Stand ready and be prepared ,
for the sword shall devour round about you .'
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Why has Apis fled ?
Why did not your bull stand ?
Because the LORD thrust him down .
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Your multitude stumbled and fell ,
and they said one to another , `
Arise ,
and let us go back to our own people and to the land of our birth ,
because of the sword of the oppressor .'
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Call the name of Pharaoh ,
king of Egypt , `
Noisy one who lets the hour go by .'
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As I live ,
says the King ,
whose name is the LORD of hosts ,
like Tabor among the mountains ,
and like Carmel by the sea ,
shall one come .
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Prepare yourselves baggage for exile ,
O inhabitants of Egypt !
For Memphis shall become a waste ,
a ruin ,
without inhabitant .
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A beautiful heifer is Egypt ,
but a gadfly from the north has come upon her .
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Even her hired soldiers in her midst are like fatted calves ;
yea ,
they have turned and fled together ,
they did not stand ;
for the day of their calamity has come upon them ,
the time of their punishment .
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She makes a sound like a serpent gliding away ;
for her enemies march in force ,
and come against her with axes ,
like those who fell trees .
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They shall cut down her forest ,
says the LORD ,
though it is impenetrable ,
because they are more numerous than locusts ;
they are without number .
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The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame ,
she shall be delivered into the hand of a people from the north ."
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The LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel ,
said : "
Behold ,
I am bringing punishment upon Amon of Thebes ,
and Pharaoh ,
and Egypt and her gods and her kings ,
upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him .
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I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their life ,
into the hand of Nebuchadrez '
zar king of Babylon and his officers .
Afterward Egypt shall be inhabited as in the days of old ,
says the LORD .
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But fear not ,
O Jacob my servant ,
nor be dismayed ,
O Israel ;
for lo ,
I will save you from afar ,
and your offspring from the land of their captivity .
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease ,
and none shall make him afraid .
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Fear not ,
O Jacob my servant ,
says the LORD ,
for I am with you .
I will make a full end of all the nations to which I have driven you ,
but of you I will not make a full end .
I will chasten you in just measure ,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished ."
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