nkjv Jeremiah:46:1-52 SEEK
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The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the nations .
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Against Egypt .
Concerning the army of Pharaoh Necho ,
king of Egypt ,
which was by the River Euphrates in Carchemish ,
and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah ,
king of Judah :
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Order the buckler and shield ,
And draw near to battle !
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Harness the horses ,
And mount up ,
you horsemen !
Stand forth with your helmets ,
Polish the spears ,
Put on the armor !
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Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back ?
Their mighty ones are beaten down ;
They have speedily fled ,
And did not look back ,
For fear was all around ,"
says the LORD .
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Do not let the swift flee away ,
Nor the mighty man escape ;
They will stumble and fall Toward the north ,
by the River Euphrates .
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Who is this coming up like a flood ,
Whose waters move like the rivers ?
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Egypt rises up like a flood ,
And its waters move like the rivers ;
And he says , "
I will go up and cover the earth ,
I will destroy the city and its inhabitants .'
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Come up ,
O horses ,
and rage ,
O chariots !
And let the mighty men come forth :
The Ethiopians and the Libyans who handle the shield ,
And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow .
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For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts ,
A day of vengeance ,
That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries .
The sword shall devour ;
It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood ;
For the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice In the north country by the River Euphrates .
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Go up to Gilead and take balm ,
O virgin ,
the daughter of Egypt ;
In vain you will use many medicines ;
You shall not be cured .
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The nations have heard of your shame ,
And your cry has filled the land ;
For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty ;
They both have fallen together ."
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The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet ,
how Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon would come and strike the land of Egypt .
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Declare in Egypt ,
and proclaim in Migdol ;
Proclaim in Noph and in Tahpanhes ;
Say , "
Stand fast and prepare yourselves ,
For the sword devours all around you .'
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Why are your valiant men swept away ?
They did not stand Because the LORD drove them away .
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He made many fall ;
Yes ,
one fell upon another .
And they said , "
Arise !
Let us go back to our own people And to the land of our nativity From the oppressing sword .'
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They cried there , "
Pharaoh ,
king of Egypt ,
is but a noise .
He has passed by the appointed time !'
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As I live ,"
says the King ,
Whose name is the LORD of hosts , "
Surely as Tabor is among the mountains And as Carmel by the sea ,
so he shall come .
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O you daughter dwelling in Egypt ,
Prepare yourself to go into captivity !
For Noph shall be waste and desolate ,
without inhabitant .
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Egypt is a very pretty heifer ,
But destruction comes ,
it comes from the north .
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Also her mercenaries are in her midst like fat bulls ,
For they also are turned back ,
They have fled away together .
They did not stand ,
For the day of their calamity had come upon them ,
The time of their punishment .
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Her noise shall go like a serpent ,
For they shall march with an army And come against her with axes ,
Like those who chop wood .
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They shall cut down her forest ,"
says the LORD , "
Though it cannot be searched ,
Because they are innumerable ,
And more numerous than grasshoppers .
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The daughter of Egypt shall be ashamed ;
She shall be delivered into the hand Of the people of the north ."
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The LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel ,
says : "
Behold ,
I will bring punishment on Amon of No ,
and Pharaoh and Egypt ,
with their gods and their kings--Pharaoh and those who trust in him .
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And I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives ,
into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of his servants .
Afterward it shall be inhabited as in the days of old ,"
says the LORD .
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But do not fear ,
O My servant Jacob ,
And do not be dismayed ,
O Israel !
For behold ,
I will save you from afar ,
And your offspring from the land of their captivity ;
Jacob shall return ,
have rest and be at ease ;
No one shall make him afraid .
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Do not fear ,
O Jacob My servant ,"
says the LORD , "
For I am with you ;
For I will make a complete end of all the nations To which I have driven you ,
But I will not make a complete end of you .
I will rightly correct you ,
For I will not leave you wholly unpunished ."