Font Size
Jeremiah 44-46
New American Standard Bible 1995
Jeremiah 44-46
New American Standard Bible 1995
Conquest of Egypt Predicted
44 The word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt, those who were living in (A)Migdol, (B)Tahpanhes, (C)Memphis, and the land of (D)Pathros, saying, 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘You yourselves have seen all the calamity that I have brought on Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are in (E)ruins and no one lives in them, 3 (F)because of their wickedness which they committed so as to (G)provoke Me to anger by continuing to (H)burn [a]sacrifices and to (I)serve other gods whom they had not known, neither they, you, nor your fathers. 4 Yet I (J)sent you all My servants the prophets, [b]again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this (K)abominable thing which I hate.” 5 But (L)they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn [c]sacrifices to other gods. 6 Therefore My (M)wrath and My anger were poured out and burned in the (N)cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so they have become a ruin and a (O)desolation as it is this day. 7 Now then thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, “Why are you (P)doing great harm to yourselves, so as to (Q)cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, from among Judah, leaving yourselves without remnant, 8 (R)provoking Me to anger with the works of your hands, (S)burning [d]sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are entering to reside, so that you might be cut off and become a (T)curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? 9 Have you forgotten the (U)wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 But they (V)have not become [e]contrite even to this day, nor have they feared nor (W)walked in My law or My statutes, which I have set before you and before your fathers.”’
11 “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am going to (X)set My face against you for [f]woe, even to cut off all Judah. 12 And I will (Y)take away the remnant of Judah who have set their [g]mind on entering the land of Egypt to reside there, and they will all [h](Z)meet their end in the land of Egypt; they will fall by the sword and meet their end by famine. Both small and great will die by the sword and famine; and they will become a (AA)curse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach. 13 And I will (AB)punish those who live in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine and with pestilence. 14 So there will be (AC)no refugees or survivors for the remnant of Judah who have entered the land of Egypt to reside there and then to return to the land of Judah, to which they are [i](AD)longing to return and live; for none will (AE)return except a few refugees.’”
15 Then (AF)all the men who were aware that their wives were burning [j]sacrifices to other gods, along with all the women who were standing by, as a large assembly, [k]including all the people who were living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, responded to Jeremiah, saying, 16 “As for the [l](AG)message that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, (AH)we are not going to listen to you! 17 But rather we will certainly (AI)carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, [m]by burning [n]sacrifices to the (AJ)queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as (AK)we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had (AL)plenty of [o]food and were well off and saw no [p]misfortune. 18 But since we stopped burning [q]sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have (AM)lacked everything and have [r]met our end by the sword and by famine.” 19 “And,” said the women, “when we were (AN)burning [s]sacrifices to the queen of heaven and [t]were pouring out drink offerings to her, was it (AO)without our husbands that we made for her sacrificial cakes [u]in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”
Calamity for the Jews
20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women—even to all the people who were giving him such an answer—saying, 21 “As for the [v](AP)smoking sacrifices that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the (AQ)streets of Jerusalem, you and your forefathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord (AR)remember them and did not all this come into His [w]mind? 22 So the Lord was (AS)no longer able to endure it, (AT)because of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations which you have committed; thus your land has become a (AU)ruin, an object of horror and a curse, without an inhabitant, as it is this day. 23 Because you have burned [x]sacrifices and have sinned against the Lord and (AV)not obeyed the voice of the Lord or (AW)walked in His law, His statutes or His testimonies, therefore this (AX)calamity has befallen you, as it has this day.”
24 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “(AY)Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are (AZ)in the land of Egypt, 25 thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, as follows: ‘As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled it with your hands, saying, “We will (BA)certainly perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn [y]sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her.” [z](BB)Go ahead and confirm your vows, and certainly perform your vows!’ 26 [aa]Nevertheless hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt, ‘Behold, I have (BC)sworn by My great name,’ says the Lord, ‘(BD)never shall My name be invoked again by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “(BE)As the Lord [ab]God lives.” 27 Behold, I am watching over them (BF)for harm and not for good, and (BG)all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will [ac]meet their end by the sword and by famine until they [ad]are completely gone. 28 (BH)Those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt to the land of Judah [ae](BI)few in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to reside there will know (BJ)whose word will stand, Mine or theirs. 29 This will be the (BK)sign to you,’ declares the Lord, ‘that I am going to punish you in this place, so that you may know that (BL)My words will surely stand against you for harm.’ 30 Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I am going to give over (BM)Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt to the hand of his enemies, to the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave over (BN)Zedekiah king of Judah to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and was seeking his life.’”
Message to Baruch
45 This is the message which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to (BO)Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had (BP)written down these words in a book [af]at Jeremiah’s dictation, in the (BQ)fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying: 2 “Thus says the Lord the God of Israel to you, O Baruch: 3 ‘You said, “Ah, woe is me! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain; I am (BR)weary with my groaning and have found no rest.”’ 4 Thus you are to say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, (BS)what I have built I am about to tear down, and what I have planted I am about to uproot, that is, the whole land.” 5 But you, are you (BT)seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I am going to (BU)bring disaster on all flesh,’ declares the Lord, ‘but I will (BV)give your life to you as booty in all the places where you may go.’”
Defeat of Pharaoh Foretold
46 That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet (BW)concerning the nations.
2 To (BX)Egypt, concerning the army of (BY)Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at (BZ)Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the (CA)fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
3 “(CB)Line up the shield and [ag]buckler,
And draw near for the battle!
4 “Harness the horses,
And [ah]mount the steeds,
And take your stand with helmets on!
(CC)Polish the spears,
Put on the (CD)scale-armor!
5 “Why have I seen it?
They are terrified,
They are (CE)drawing back,
And their (CF)mighty men are defeated
And have taken refuge in flight,
Without facing back;
[ai](CG)Terror is on every side!”
Declares the Lord.
6 Let not the (CH)swift man flee,
Nor the mighty man escape;
In the north beside the river Euphrates
They have (CI)stumbled and fallen.
7 Who is this that (CJ)rises like the Nile,
Like the rivers whose waters surge about?
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,
Even like the rivers whose waters surge about;
And He has said, “I will (CK)rise and cover that land;
I will surely (CL)destroy the city and its inhabitants.”
9 Go up, you horses, and [aj](CM)drive madly, you chariots,
That the mighty men may [ak]march forward:
Ethiopia and [al](CN)Put, that handle the shield,
And the [am](CO)Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
10 For (CP)that day belongs to the Lord [an]God of hosts,
A day of (CQ)vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes;
And the (CR)sword will devour and be satiated
And [ao]drink its fill of their blood;
For there will be a (CS)slaughter for the Lord [ap]God of hosts,
In the land of the north by the river Euphrates.
11 Go (CT)up to Gilead and obtain balm,
(CU)O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain have you multiplied [aq]remedies;
There is (CV)no healing for you.
12 The nations have heard of your (CW)shame,
And the earth is full of your (CX)cry of distress;
For one (CY)warrior has stumbled over [ar]another,
And both of them have fallen down together.
13 This is the [as]message which the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the (CZ)coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to (DA)smite the land of Egypt:
14 “Declare in Egypt and proclaim in (DB)Migdol,
Proclaim also in Memphis and (DC)Tahpanhes;
Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself ready,
For the (DD)sword has devoured those around you.’
15 “Why have your (DE)mighty ones become prostrate?
They do not stand because the Lord has (DF)thrust them down.
16 “They have repeatedly (DG)stumbled;
Indeed, they have fallen one against another.
Then they said, ‘Get up! And (DH)let us go back
To our own people and our native land
Away from the [at](DI)sword of the oppressor.’
17 “[au]They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but (DJ)a big noise;
He has let the appointed time pass by!’
18 “As I live,” declares the (DK)King
Whose name is the Lord of hosts,
“Surely one shall come who looms up like (DL)Tabor among the mountains,
Or like (DM)Carmel by the sea.
19 “Make your baggage ready for (DN)exile,
O (DO)daughter dwelling in Egypt,
For (DP)Memphis will become a desolation;
It will even be burned down and [av]bereft of inhabitants.
20 “Egypt is a pretty (DQ)heifer,
But a [aw]horsefly is coming (DR)from the north—it is coming!
21 “Also her (DS)mercenaries in her midst
Are like [ax]fattened (DT)calves,
For even they too have turned back and have fled away together;
They did not stand their ground.
For the day of their calamity has come upon them,
The time of their (DU)punishment.
22 “Its sound moves along like a serpent;
For they move on [ay]like an army
And come to her as woodcutters with axes.
23 “They have cut down her (DV)forest,” declares the Lord;
“Surely it will no more be found,
Even though [az]they are now more numerous than (DW)locusts
And are without number.
24 “The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame,
Given over to the [ba]power of the (DX)people of the north.”
25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I am going to punish Amon of (DY)Thebes, and (DZ)Pharaoh, and Egypt along with her (EA)gods and her kings, even Pharaoh and those who (EB)trust in him. 26 I shall give them over to the [bb]power of those who are (EC)seeking their lives, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his [bc]officers. (ED)Afterwards, however, it will be inhabited as in the days of old,” declares the Lord.
27 “But as for you, O Jacob My servant, (EE)do not fear,
Nor be dismayed, O Israel!
For, see, I am going to (EF)save you from afar,
And your descendants from the land of their captivity;
And Jacob will return and be (EG)undisturbed
And secure, with no one making him tremble.
28 “O Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the Lord,
“For (EH)I am with you.
For I will make a full end of all the nations
Where I have driven you,
Yet I will (EI)not make a full end of you;
But I will (EJ)correct you properly
And by no means leave you unpunished.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 44:3 Or incense
- Jeremiah 44:4 Lit rising early and sending
- Jeremiah 44:5 Or incense
- Jeremiah 44:8 Or incense
- Jeremiah 44:10 Lit crushed
- Jeremiah 44:11 Lit evil
- Jeremiah 44:12 Lit face
- Jeremiah 44:12 Lit be finished
- Jeremiah 44:14 Lit lifting up their soul
- Jeremiah 44:15 Or incense
- Jeremiah 44:15 Lit and
- Jeremiah 44:16 Lit word
- Jeremiah 44:17 Or so as to burn
- Jeremiah 44:17 Or incense
- Jeremiah 44:17 Lit bread
- Jeremiah 44:17 Lit evil
- Jeremiah 44:18 Or incense
- Jeremiah 44:18 Lit been finished
- Jeremiah 44:19 Or incense
- Jeremiah 44:19 Lit to pour
- Jeremiah 44:19 Lit to make an image of her
- Jeremiah 44:21 Or incense
- Jeremiah 44:21 Lit heart
- Jeremiah 44:23 Or incense
- Jeremiah 44:25 Or incense
- Jeremiah 44:25 Lit Surely cause to stand
- Jeremiah 44:26 Lit Therefore
- Jeremiah 44:26 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Jeremiah 44:27 Lit be finished
- Jeremiah 44:27 Lit come to an end
- Jeremiah 44:28 Lit men of number
- Jeremiah 45:1 Lit from the mouth of Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 46:3 I.e. small shield
- Jeremiah 46:4 Or go up, you horsemen
- Jeremiah 46:5 Heb Magor-missabib; i.e. Terror is on every side
- Jeremiah 46:9 Lit act like madmen
- Jeremiah 46:9 Lit go forth
- Jeremiah 46:9 I.e. Libya (or Somaliland)
- Jeremiah 46:9 Heb Ludim
- Jeremiah 46:10 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Jeremiah 46:10 Lit be saturated with
- Jeremiah 46:10 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Jeremiah 46:11 Lit healings
- Jeremiah 46:12 Lit warrior
- Jeremiah 46:13 Lit word
- Jeremiah 46:16 Lit oppressing sword
- Jeremiah 46:17 Some ancient versions read Call the name of Pharaoh a big noise
- Jeremiah 46:19 Lit without
- Jeremiah 46:20 Or possibly mosquito
- Jeremiah 46:21 Lit of the stall
- Jeremiah 46:22 Or in force
- Jeremiah 46:23 I.e. trees of the forest, the Egyptians
- Jeremiah 46:24 Lit hand
- Jeremiah 46:26 Lit hand
- Jeremiah 46:26 Lit servants
Jeremiah 44-46
New International Version
Jeremiah 44-46
New International Version
Disaster Because of Idolatry
44 This word came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in Lower Egypt(A)—in Migdol,(B) Tahpanhes(C) and Memphis(D)—and in Upper Egypt:(E) 2 “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You saw the great disaster(F) I brought on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah.(G) Today they lie deserted and in ruins(H) 3 because of the evil(I) they have done. They aroused my anger(J) by burning incense(K) to and worshiping other gods(L) that neither they nor you nor your ancestors(M) ever knew. 4 Again and again(N) I sent my servants the prophets,(O) who said, ‘Do not do this detestable(P) thing that I hate!’ 5 But they did not listen or pay attention;(Q) they did not turn from their wickedness(R) or stop burning incense(S) to other gods.(T) 6 Therefore, my fierce anger was poured out;(U) it raged against the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem and made them the desolate ruins(V) they are today.
7 “Now this is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Why bring such great disaster(W) on yourselves by cutting off from Judah the men and women,(X) the children and infants, and so leave yourselves without a remnant?(Y) 8 Why arouse my anger with what your hands have made,(Z) burning incense(AA) to other gods in Egypt,(AB) where you have come to live?(AC) You will destroy yourselves and make yourselves a curse[a] and an object of reproach(AD) among all the nations on earth. 9 Have you forgotten the wickedness committed by your ancestors(AE) and by the kings(AF) and queens(AG) of Judah and the wickedness committed by you and your wives(AH) in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem?(AI) 10 To this day they have not humbled(AJ) themselves or shown reverence,(AK) nor have they followed my law(AL) and the decrees(AM) I set before you and your ancestors.(AN)
11 “Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty,(AO) the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster(AP) on you and to destroy all Judah. 12 I will take away the remnant(AQ) of Judah who were determined to go to Egypt to settle there. They will all perish in Egypt; they will fall by the sword or die from famine. From the least to the greatest,(AR) they will die by sword or famine.(AS) They will become a curse and an object of horror, a curse and an object of reproach.(AT) 13 I will punish(AU) those who live in Egypt with the sword,(AV) famine and plague,(AW) as I punished Jerusalem. 14 None of the remnant of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, to which they long to return and live; none will return except a few fugitives.”(AX)
15 Then all the men who knew that their wives(AY) were burning incense(AZ) to other gods, along with all the women(BA) who were present—a large assembly—and all the people living in Lower and Upper Egypt,(BB) said to Jeremiah, 16 “We will not listen(BC) to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord!(BD) 17 We will certainly do everything we said we would:(BE) We will burn incense(BF) to the Queen of Heaven(BG) and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials(BH) did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.(BI) At that time we had plenty of food(BJ) and were well off and suffered no harm.(BK) 18 But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings(BL) to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing by sword and famine.(BM)”
19 The women added, “When we burned incense(BN) to the Queen of Heaven(BO) and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands(BP) know that we were making cakes(BQ) impressed with her image(BR) and pouring out drink offerings to her?”
20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him, 21 “Did not the Lord remember(BS) and call to mind the incense(BT) burned in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem(BU) by you and your ancestors,(BV) your kings and your officials and the people of the land?(BW) 22 When the Lord could no longer endure(BX) your wicked actions and the detestable things you did, your land became a curse(BY) and a desolate waste(BZ) without inhabitants, as it is today.(CA) 23 Because you have burned incense and have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed him or followed(CB) his law or his decrees(CC) or his stipulations, this disaster(CD) has come upon you, as you now see.”(CE)
24 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including the women,(CF) “Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah in Egypt.(CG) 25 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You and your wives(CH) have done what you said you would do when you promised, ‘We will certainly carry out the vows we made to burn incense and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven.’(CI)
“Go ahead then, do what you promised! Keep your vows!(CJ) 26 But hear the word of the Lord, all you Jews living in Egypt:(CK) ‘I swear(CL) by my great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, “As surely as the Sovereign(CM) Lord lives.”(CN) 27 For I am watching(CO) over them for harm,(CP) not for good; the Jews in Egypt will perish(CQ) by sword and famine(CR) until they are all destroyed.(CS) 28 Those who escape the sword(CT) and return to the land of Judah from Egypt will be very few.(CU) Then the whole remnant(CV) of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know whose word will stand(CW)—mine or theirs.(CX)
29 “‘This will be the sign(CY) to you that I will punish(CZ) you in this place,’ declares the Lord, ‘so that you will know that my threats of harm against you will surely stand.’(DA) 30 This is what the Lord says: ‘I am going to deliver Pharaoh(DB) Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who want to kill him, just as I gave Zedekiah(DC) king of Judah into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who wanted to kill him.’”(DD)
A Message to Baruch
45 When Baruch(DE) son of Neriah(DF) wrote on a scroll(DG) the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim(DH) son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah said this to Baruch: 2 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: 3 You said, ‘Woe(DI) to me! The Lord has added sorrow(DJ) to my pain;(DK) I am worn out with groaning(DL) and find no rest.’(DM) 4 But the Lord has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot(DN) what I have planted,(DO) throughout the earth.(DP) 5 Should you then seek great(DQ) things for yourself? Do not seek them.(DR) For I will bring disaster(DS) on all people,(DT) declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape(DU) with your life.’”(DV)
A Message About Egypt
46 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations:(DW)
2 Concerning Egypt:(DX)
This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho(DY) king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish(DZ) on the Euphrates(EA) River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim(EB) son of Josiah king of Judah:
3 “Prepare your shields,(EC) both large and small,
and march out for battle!
4 Harness the horses,
mount the steeds!
Take your positions
with helmets on!
Polish(ED) your spears,
put on your armor!(EE)
5 What do I see?
They are terrified,
they are retreating,
their warriors are defeated.
They flee(EF) in haste
without looking back,
and there is terror(EG) on every side,”
declares the Lord.
6 “The swift cannot flee(EH)
nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates(EI)
they stumble and fall.(EJ)
7 “Who is this that rises like the Nile,
like rivers of surging waters?(EK)
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,(EL)
like rivers of surging waters.
She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;
I will destroy cities and their people.’(EM)
9 Charge, you horses!
Drive furiously, you charioteers!(EN)
March on, you warriors—men of Cush[b](EO) and Put who carry shields,
men of Lydia(EP) who draw the bow.
10 But that day(EQ) belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty—
a day of vengeance(ER), for vengeance on his foes.
The sword will devour(ES) till it is satisfied,
till it has quenched its thirst with blood.(ET)
For the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will offer sacrifice(EU)
in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.(EV)
11 “Go up to Gilead and get balm,(EW)
Virgin(EX) Daughter Egypt.
But you try many medicines in vain;
there is no healing(EY) 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(EZ) down together.”
13 This is the message the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon(FA) to attack Egypt:(FB)
14 “Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;
proclaim it also in Memphis(FC) and Tahpanhes:(FD)
‘Take your positions and get ready,
for the sword devours(FE) those around you.’
15 Why will your warriors be laid low?
They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.(FF)
16 They will stumble(FG) repeatedly;
they will fall(FH) over each other.
They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back
to our own people(FI) and our native lands,
away from the sword of the oppressor.’(FJ)
17 There they will exclaim,
‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;(FK)
he has missed his opportunity.(FL)’
18 “As surely as I live,” declares the King,(FM)
whose name is the Lord Almighty,
“one will come who is like Tabor(FN) among the mountains,
like Carmel(FO) by the sea.
19 Pack your belongings for exile,(FP)
you who live in Egypt,
for Memphis(FQ) will be laid waste(FR)
and lie in ruins without inhabitant.
20 “Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
but a gadfly is coming
against her from the north.(FS)
21 The mercenaries(FT) in her ranks
are like fattened calves.(FU)
They too will turn and flee(FV) together,
they will not stand their ground,
for the day(FW) of disaster is coming upon them,
the time(FX) 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.(FY)
23 They will chop down her forest,”
declares the Lord,
“dense though it be.
They are more numerous than locusts,(FZ)
they cannot be counted.
24 Daughter Egypt will be put to shame,
given into the hands of the people of the north.(GA)”
25 The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes,(GB) on Pharaoh,(GC) on Egypt and her gods(GD) and her kings, and on those who rely(GE) on Pharaoh. 26 I will give them into the hands(GF) of those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar king(GG) of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited(GH) as in times past,” declares the Lord.
27 “Do not be afraid,(GI) Jacob(GJ) my servant;(GK)
do not be dismayed, Israel.
I will surely save you out of a distant place,
your descendants from the land of their exile.(GL)
Jacob will again have peace and security,
and no one will make him afraid.
28 Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant,
for I am with you,”(GM) declares the Lord.
“Though I completely destroy(GN) all the nations
among which I scatter you,
I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you but only in due measure;
I will not let you go entirely unpunished.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 44:8 That is, your name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that you are cursed; also in verse 12; similarly in verse 22.
- Jeremiah 46:9 That is, the upper Nile region
New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995) 
New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.