Jeremiah 46

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1. 1The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;
2. 2Regarding Egypt — specifically the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was stationed at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon struck this army in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah.
3. 3Prepare the buckler and shield, and get ready for battle.
4. 4Harness the horses! Mount up, horsemen! Take your positions with helmets on! Sharpen your spears and strap on your armor!"
5. 5Why have I seen them dismayed and turning back? Their mighty ones are beaten down and are fleeing quickly, not looking back, because fear surrounds them, says the LORD.
6. 6Do not let the swift flee or the mighty warrior escape. They will stumble and fall toward the north by the Euphrates River.
7. 7"Who is this, rising like the Nile in flood, its waters churning like a raging river?
8. 8Egypt rises like the Nile in flood, its waters surging and churning. Egypt boasts, 'I will rise up and cover the earth! I will destroy cities and everyone in them!'
9. 9Come up, horses! Rage, chariots! Let the mighty men come out — the Ethiopians and the Libyans who handle the shield, and the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.
10. 10For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, when he will avenge himself on his adversaries. The sword will devour and be satiated, made drunk with their blood. For the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
11. 11Go up to Gilead and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt. You will use many medicines in vain, for you will not be cured.
12. 12The nations have heard about your disgrace, and your cries of defeat fill the land. Warrior trips over warrior, and they collapse together."
13. 13This is the word the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon would come and attack the land of Egypt.
14. 14"Announce it in Egypt! Proclaim it in Migdol! Shout it in Noph and Tahpanhes! Say, 'Take your positions and get ready, because the sword is already devouring everything around you.'
15. 15Why have your mighty warriors been swept away? They couldn't hold their ground because the LORD himself drove them back.
16. 16He made soldier after soldier stumble, and they fell over each other. Then they said, 'Get up! Let's go back to our own people, back to the land where we were born — away from this deadly sword!'
17. 17They cried out there, 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is just noise; he has missed the appointed time.'
18. 18"As surely as I live," declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, "one is coming who towers over others like Tabor among the mountains, like Carmel rising above the sea.
19. 19Prepare yourself for exile, daughter living in Egypt, for Noph will become a wasteland, desolate and without an inhabitant.
20. 20Egypt is like a beautiful young cow, but destruction is coming; it comes from the north.
21. 21Even her hired soldiers living among her are like fattened calves. They too have turned back and fled together. They couldn't stand their ground because the day of their calamity has come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
22. 22Egypt will hiss like a retreating snake as the enemy marches in with full force. They'll come at her with axes, like men chopping down trees.
23. 23They will cut down her forest," says the LORD, "even though it seems too thick to penetrate — because the invaders outnumber locusts. There's no counting them.
24. 24The daughter of Egypt will be humiliated, handed over to the people from the north."
25. 25The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says: Look, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods and their kings, even Pharaoh and all who trust in him.
26. 26I will hand them over to those who want them dead — to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But afterward, Egypt will be lived in again, just as it was in ancient times," says the LORD.
27. 27"But don't be afraid, Jacob my servant. Don't lose heart, Israel. I am going to rescue you from far away and bring your descendants back from the land where they're held captive. Jacob will return home and live in peace and comfort, and no one will threaten him again.
28. 28Don't be afraid, Jacob my servant," says the LORD, "because I am with you. I will completely destroy every nation where I've scattered you, but I won't completely destroy you. I will discipline you — but fairly. Still, I won't let you go entirely unpunished."