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Jeremiah 46

A Message About Egypt

 ² Concerning Egypt:
      This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:

 ³ "Prepare your shields, both large and small,
       and march out for battle!

 ⁴ Harness the horses,
       mount the steeds!
       Take your positions
       with helmets on!
       Polish your spears,
       put on your armor!

 ⁵ What do I see?
       They are terrified,
       they are retreating,
       their warriors are defeated.
       They flee in haste
       without looking back,
       and there is terror on every side,"
       declares the LORD.

 ⁶ "The swift cannot flee
       nor the strong escape.
       In the north by the River Euphrates
       they stumble and fall.

 ⁷ "Who is this that rises like the Nile,
       like rivers of surging waters?

 ⁸ Egypt rises like the Nile,
       like rivers of surging waters.
       She says, 'I will rise and cover the earth;
       I will destroy cities and their people.'

 ⁹ Charge, O horses!
       Drive furiously, O charioteers!
       March on, O warriors—
       men of Cush ^[a] and Put who carry shields,
       men of Lydia who draw the bow.

 ¹⁰ But that day belongs to the LORD, the Lord Almighty—
       a day of vengeance, for vengeance on his foes.
       The sword will devour till it is satisfied,
       till it has quenched its thirst with blood.
       For the Lord, the LORD Almighty, will offer sacrifice
       in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

 ¹¹ "Go up to Gilead and get balm,
       O Virgin Daughter of Egypt.
       But you multiply remedies in vain;
       there is no healing for you.

 ¹² The nations will hear of your shame;
       your cries will fill the earth.
       One warrior will stumble over another;
       both will fall down together."

 ¹³ This is the message the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to attack Egypt:

 ¹⁴ "Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;
       proclaim it also in Memphis ^[b] and Tahpanhes:
       'Take your positions and get ready,
       for the sword devours those around you.'

 ¹⁵ Why will your warriors be laid low?
       They cannot stand, for the LORD will push them down.

 ¹⁶ They will stumble repeatedly;
       they will fall over each other.
       They will say, 'Get up, let us go back
       to our own people and our native lands,
       away from the sword of the oppressor.'

 ¹⁷ There they will exclaim,
       'Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;
       he has missed his opportunity.'

 ¹⁸ "As surely as I live," declares the King,
       whose name is the LORD Almighty,
       "one will come who is like Tabor among the mountains,
       like Carmel by the sea.

 ¹⁹ Pack your belongings for exile,
       you who live in Egypt,
       for Memphis will be laid waste
       and lie in ruins without inhabitant.

 ²⁰ "Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
       but a gadfly is coming
       against her from the north.

 ²¹ The mercenaries in her ranks
       are like fattened calves.
       They too will turn and flee together,
       they will not stand their ground,
       for the day of disaster is coming upon them,
       the time for them to be punished.

 ²² Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent
       as the enemy advances in force;
       they will come against her with axes,
       like men who cut down trees.

 ²³ They will chop down her forest,"
       declares the LORD,
       "dense though it be.
       They are more numerous than locusts,
       they cannot be counted.

 ²⁴ The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame,
       handed over to the people of the north."

 ²⁵ The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes, ^[c] on Pharaoh, on Egypt and her gods and her kings, and on those who rely on Pharaoh. ²⁶ I will hand them over to those who seek their lives, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited as in times past," declares the LORD.

 ²⁷ "Do not fear, O Jacob my servant;
       do not be dismayed, O Israel.
       I will surely save you out of a distant place,
       your descendants from the land of their exile.
       Jacob will again have peace and security,
       and no one will make him afraid.

 ²⁸ Do not fear, O Jacob my servant,
       for I am with you," declares the LORD.
       "Though I completely destroy all the nations
       among which I scatter you,
       I will not completely destroy you.
       I will discipline you but only with justice;
       I will not let you go entirely unpunished."

Jeremiah 47

A Message About the Philistines

 ² This is what the LORD says:
       "See how the waters are rising in the north;
       they will become an overflowing torrent.
       They will overflow the land and everything in it,
       the towns and those who live in them.
       The people will cry out;
       all who dwell in the land will wail

 ³ at the sound of the hoofs of galloping steeds,
       at the noise of enemy chariots
       and the rumble of their wheels.
       Fathers will not turn to help their children;
       their hands will hang limp.

 ⁴ For the day has come
       to destroy all the Philistines
       and to cut off all survivors
       who could help Tyre and Sidon.
       The LORD is about to destroy the Philistines,
       the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor. ^[d]

 ⁵ Gaza will shave her head in mourning;
       Ashkelon will be silenced.
       O remnant on the plain,
       how long will you cut yourselves?

 ⁶ " 'Ah, sword of the LORD,' you cry,
       'how long till you rest?
       Return to your scabbard;
       cease and be still.'

 ⁷ But how can it rest
       when the LORD has commanded it,
       when he has ordered it
       to attack Ashkelon and the coast?"

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Hebrews 6

 ¹Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death,^[a] and of faith in God, ²instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. ³And God permitting, we will do so.

 ⁴It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, ⁵who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, ⁶if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because^[b]to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.

 ⁷Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God. ⁸But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.

 ⁹Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are confident of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation. ¹⁰God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. ¹¹We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. ¹²We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

The Certainty of God's Promise

 ¹⁶Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument. ¹⁷Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. ¹⁸God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. ¹⁹We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, ²⁰where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.