예레미야 46
Korean Living Bible
이집트에 대한 심판
46 여호와께서는 나에게 여러 나라에 대하여 말씀하셨다.
2 이것은 이집트에 대한 말씀, 곧 요시야의 아들인 유다의 여호야김왕 4년에 유프라테스 강변의 갈그미스에서 바빌로니아의 느부갓네살왕에게 패한 이집트 느고왕의 군대에 대한 말씀이다.
3 “너희는 크고 작은 방패를 들고 전쟁터로 진군하라.
4 너희는 말에 안장을 지워서 타고 투구를 쓰고 전열을 갖추며 너희 창을 갈고 갑옷을 입어라.”
5 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “보라, 그들이 놀라 도망하고 있다. 그들의 용사들이 대패하여 뒤도 돌아보지 않고 급히 도망하니 두려움이 사방에 도사리고 있구나.”
6 발이 빠른 자도 도망하지 못하며 용감한 자도 피하지 못하고 유프라테스 강변 북쪽에서 다 쓰러지는구나.
7 저 나일강의 넘쳐 흐름과 밀어닥치는 강물의 파도와 같은 자 누구인가?
8 이집트는 나일강의 넘쳐 흐름과 밀어닥치는 강물의 파도와 같구나. 이집트가 일어나 온 땅을 덮어 버리고 성들과 그 백성을 쓸어 버리겠다고 말한다.
9 말들아, 달려라. 기병들아, 전차를 무섭게 몰아라. 용사들아, 진군하라. 방패 든 [a]에티오피아 사람과 리비아 사람과 활을 쏘는 [b]리디아 사람들아, 출전하라.
10 그 날은 전능하신 주 여호와의 날이다. 그 대적에게 원수를 갚는 복수의 날이다. 그의 칼이 만족을 얻을 때까지 그들을 삼키며 그들의 피를 마실 것이다. 이것은 전능하신 주 여호와께서 유프라테스 강변 북쪽 땅에서 많은 희생자들이 생기게 할 것이기 때문이다.
11 이집트 사람들아, 길르앗으로 올라가서 향유를 구하라. 너희가 아무리 약을 많이 써도 효과가 없을 것이며 낫지 않을 것이다.
12 모든 나라들이 너희 수치를 들었고 너희 부르짖음이 온 땅에 가득하였으니 너희 용사들이 서로 부딪혀 함께 쓰러졌기 때문이다.
13 바빌로니아의 느부갓네살왕이 이집트를 치러 오는 일에 대하여 여호와께서 나에게 말씀하셨다.
14 “너는 이집트와 믹돌과 [c]멤피스와 다바네스에 이렇게 선포하라. ‘너희는 자기 위치를 지키고 대비하라. 칼이 너희를 다 삼켜 버릴 것이다.
15 어째서 [d]너희 힘 센 아피스 신이 쓰러졌는가? 그가 일어설 수 없으니 여호와께서 그를 넘어뜨렸기 때문이다.’
16 너희 병사들이 계속 넘어지고 쓰러지니 너희 외국 용병들이 ‘우리 민족과 고향 땅으로 돌아가서 원수의 칼날을 피하자’ 하는구나.
17 너희는 이집트 바로 왕이 ‘기회를 놓친 허풍선’ 이라고 외쳐라.”
18 전능하신 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “내가 분명히 말하지만 다볼산이나 해변의 갈멜산처럼 의젓한 자가 이집트를 치러 나올 것이다.
19 이집트 사람들아, 너희는 포로로 잡혀갈 준비를 하라. 멤피스가 황폐하여 사람이 살지 않는 폐허가 될 것이다.
20 이집트가 아무리 아름다운 암송아지 같을지라도 북에서 쇠파리가 날아오고 있다.
21 그들이 고용한 외국인 용병까지도 외양간에 갇혀 있는 송아지처럼 무력하여 맞서 싸우지 못하고 모두 돌아서서 달아나니 그들에게 재앙의 날이 이르렀고 그들이 벌받을 때가 되었구나.
22 이집트 사람들이 뱀처럼 슬그머니 달아날 것이다. 적군이 벌목하는 자처럼 도끼를 가지고 쳐들어올 것이기 때문이다.
23 이집트의 숲이 아무리 울창하여도 적군들이 그것을 찍어 버릴 것이니 그들의 수가 메뚜기떼보다 많아 헤아릴 수 없기 때문이다.
24 이집트 국민은 수치를 당하고 북쪽 사람들에게 정복당할 것이다.”
25 전능하신 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님이 이렇게 말씀하신다. “내가 [e]데베스의 아몬 신과 바로와 이집트와 이집트의 신들과 그 왕들과 바로를 의지하는 모든 자들에게 벌을 내려
26 그들을 죽이려고 하는 바빌로니아의 느부갓네살왕과 그 신하들에게 그들을 넘겨 주겠다. 그러나 그 후에도 이집트 땅에는 이전처럼 여전히 사람들이 살 것이다. 이것은 나 여호와의 말이다.”
이스라엘을 보존하시겠다는 하나님의 약속
27 “[f]내 백성아, 두려워하지 말아라. 이스라엘아, 놀라지 말아라. 내가 너희를 멀리 포로 된 땅에서 구해 내겠다. 너희가 다시 고국으로 돌아와 평화롭고 안전하게 살 것이니 너희를 두렵게 할 자가 없을 것이다.
28 내 백성아, 두려워하지 말아라. 내가 너희와 함께한다. 내가 너희를 흩어 보낸 그 나라들은 완전히 없애 버려도 너희만은 전멸시키지 않겠다. 그러나 내가 너희를 정당하게 징계할 것이며 너희를 전혀 벌하지 않은 채 그대로 내버려 두지는 않을 것이다.”
Jeremiah 46
King James Version
46 The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;
2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord.
6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
10 For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.
13 The word that the Lord spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the Lord did drive them.
16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the Lord.
27 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
Jeremiah 46
New King James Version
Judgment on Egypt
46 The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against (A)the nations. 2 Against (B)Egypt.
(C)Concerning the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, which was by the River Euphrates in Carchemish, and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (D)defeated in the (E)fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
3 “Order[a] the [b]buckler and shield,
And draw near to battle!
4 Harness the horses,
And mount up, you horsemen!
Stand forth with your helmets,
Polish the spears,
(F)Put on the armor!
5 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 (G)fear was all around,” says the Lord.
6 “Do not let the swift flee away,
Nor the mighty man escape;
They will (H)stumble and fall
Toward the north, by the River Euphrates.
7 “Who is this coming up (I)like a flood,
Whose waters move like the rivers?
8 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.’
9 Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots!
And let the mighty men come forth:
[c]The Ethiopians and [d]the Libyans who handle the shield,
And the Lydians (J)who handle and bend the bow.
10 For this is (K)the day of the Lord God of hosts,
A day of vengeance,
That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.
(L)The sword shall devour;
It shall be [e]satiated and made drunk with their blood;
For the Lord God of hosts (M)has a sacrifice
In the north country by the River Euphrates.
11 “Go(N) up to Gilead and take balm,
(O)O virgin, the daughter of Egypt;
In vain you will use many medicines;
(P)You shall not be cured.
12 The nations have heard of your (Q)shame,
And your cry has filled the land;
For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty;
They both have fallen together.”
Babylonia Will Strike Egypt
13 The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon would come and (R)strike the land of Egypt.
14 “Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in (S)Migdol;
Proclaim in [f]Noph and in (T)Tahpanhes;
Say, ‘Stand fast and prepare yourselves,
For the sword devours all around you.’
15 Why are your valiant men swept away?
They did not stand
Because the Lord drove them away.
16 He made many fall;
Yes, (U)one fell upon another.
And they said, ‘Arise!
(V)Let us go back to our own people
And to the land of our nativity
From the oppressing sword.’
17 They cried there,
‘Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is but a noise.
He has passed by the appointed time!’
18 “As I live,” says the King,
(W)Whose name is the Lord of hosts,
“Surely as Tabor is among the mountains
And as Carmel by the sea, so he shall come.
19 O (X)you daughter dwelling in Egypt,
Prepare yourself (Y)to go into captivity!
For [g]Noph shall be waste and desolate, without inhabitant.
20 “Egypt is a very pretty (Z)heifer,
But destruction comes, it comes (AA)from the north.
21 Also her mercenaries are in her midst like [h]fat bulls,
For they also are turned back,
They have fled away together.
They did not stand,
For (AB)the day of their calamity had come upon them,
The time of their punishment.
22 (AC)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.
23 “They shall (AD)cut down her forest,” says the Lord,
“Though it cannot be searched,
Because they are innumerable,
And more numerous than (AE)grasshoppers.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be ashamed;
She shall be delivered into the hand
Of (AF)the people of the north.”
25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring punishment on [i]Amon of (AG)No,[j] and Pharaoh and Egypt, (AH)with their gods and their kings—Pharaoh and those who (AI)trust in him. 26 (AJ)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. (AK)Afterward it shall be inhabited as in the days of old,” says the Lord.
God Will Preserve Israel(AL)
27 “But(AM) do not fear, O My servant Jacob,
And do not be dismayed, O Israel!
For behold, I will (AN)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.
28 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 (AO)a complete end of you.
I will rightly (AP)correct you,
For I will not leave you wholly unpunished.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 46:3 Set in order
- Jeremiah 46:3 A small shield
- Jeremiah 46:9 Heb. Cush
- Jeremiah 46:9 Heb. Put
- Jeremiah 46:10 Filled to the full
- Jeremiah 46:14 Ancient Memphis
- Jeremiah 46:19 Ancient Memphis
- Jeremiah 46:21 Lit. calves of the stall
- Jeremiah 46:25 A sun god
- Jeremiah 46:25 Ancient Thebes
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