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14 Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol;
    proclaim in Memphis and Tahpanhes;
Say, ‘Take your stations and be ready,
    for the sword shall devour those around you.’
15 Why has Apis fled?[a]
    Why did your bull not stand?
    —because the Lord thrust him down.
16 Your multitude stumbled[b] and fell,
    and one said to another,[c]
‘Come, let us go back to our own people
    and to the land of our birth,
    because of the destroying sword.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:15 Gk: Heb Why was it swept away
  2. Jeremiah 46:16 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  3. Jeremiah 46:16 Gk: Heb and fell one to another and they said

14 “Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;
    proclaim it also in Memphis(A) and Tahpanhes:(B)
‘Take your positions and get ready,
    for the sword devours(C) those around you.’
15 Why will your warriors be laid low?
    They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.(D)
16 They will stumble(E) repeatedly;
    they will fall(F) over each other.
They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back
    to our own people(G) and our native lands,
    away from the sword of the oppressor.’(H)

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