16 They have repeatedly (A)stumbled;
Indeed, they have fallen, one against another.
Then they said, ‘Get up, and (B)let’s go back
To our own people and our native land,
Away from the [a](C)sword of the oppressor!’
17 [b]They shouted there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is nothing but (D)a big noise;
He has let the appointed time pass by!’
18 As I live,” declares the (E)King,
Whose name is the Lord of armies,
“One certainly shall come who is like (F)Tabor among the mountains,
Or like (G)Carmel by the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:16 Lit oppressing sword
  2. Jeremiah 46:17 Some ancient versions Call the name of Pharaoh a big noise

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