Message to Baruch

45 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to (A)Baruch the son of Neriah, (B)when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, (C)in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: You said, (D)‘Woe is me! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain. (E)I am weary with my groaning, (F)and I find no rest.’ Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord: (G)Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land. And (H)do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, (I)I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But I will give you (J)your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.”

Judgment on Egypt

46 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet (K)concerning the nations.

About Egypt. (L)Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in (M)the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

(N)“Prepare buckler and shield,
    and advance for battle!
(O)Harness the horses;
    mount, O horsemen!
Take your stations with your helmets,
    (P)polish your spears,
    put on your armor!
Why have I seen it?
They are dismayed
    and have turned backward.
Their (Q)warriors are beaten down
    and have fled in haste;
(R)they look not back—
    (S)terror on every side!
declares the Lord.

“The swift cannot flee away,
    nor the warrior escape;
(T)in the north by the river Euphrates
    (U)they have stumbled and fallen.

“Who is this, (V)rising like the Nile,
    like rivers (W)whose waters surge?
Egypt rises like the Nile,
    like rivers (X)whose waters surge.
He said, ‘I will rise, I will cover the earth,
    I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.’
(Y)Advance, O horses,
    and rage, O chariots!
Let the warriors go out:
    men of Cush and (Z)Put who handle the shield,
    (AA)men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
10 (AB)That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts,
    (AC)a day of vengeance,
    (AD)to avenge himself on his foes.
(AE)The sword shall devour and be sated
    and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord God of hosts holds (AF)a sacrifice
    (AG)in the north country (AH)by the river Euphrates.
11 (AI)Go up to Gilead, and take (AJ)balm,
    O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain you have used many medicines;
    (AK)there is no healing for you.
12 The nations have heard of your shame,
    and the earth is full of your cry;
(AL)for warrior has stumbled against warrior;
    they have both fallen together.”

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