Jeremiah 45:1-46:12

New International Version

A Message to Baruch

45 When Baruch^(A) son of Neriah^(B) wrote on a scroll^(C) the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim^(D) 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: ³You said, ‘Woe^(E) to me! The Lord has added sorrow^(F) to my pain;^(G) I am worn out with groaning^(H) and find no rest.’^(I) ⁴But the Lord has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot^(J) what I have planted,^(K) throughout the earth.^(L) ⁵Should you then seek great^(M) things for yourself? Do not seek them.^(N) For I will bring disaster^(O) on all people,^(P) declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape^(Q) with your life.’”^(R)

A Message About Egypt

46 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations:^(S)

²Concerning Egypt:^(T)

This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho^(U) king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish^(V) on the Euphrates^(W) River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim^(X) son of Josiah king of Judah:

³“Prepare your shields,^(Y) both large and small,
    and march out for battle!
⁴Harness the horses,
    mount the steeds!
Take your positions
    with helmets on!
Polish^(Z) your spears,
    put on your armor!^(AA)
⁵What do I see?
    They are terrified,
they are retreating,
    their warriors are defeated.
They flee^(AB) in haste
    without looking back,
    and there is terror^(AC) on every side,”
declares the Lord.
⁶“The swift cannot flee^(AD)
    nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates^(AE)
    they stumble and fall.^(AF)

⁷“Who is this that rises like the Nile,
    like rivers of surging waters?^(AG)
⁸Egypt rises like the Nile,^(AH)
    like rivers of surging waters.
She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;
    I will destroy cities and their people.’^(AI)
⁹Charge, you horses!
    Drive furiously, you charioteers!^(AJ)
March on, you warriors—men of Cush^[a]^(AK) and Put who carry shields,
    men of Lydia^(AL) who draw the bow.
¹⁰But that day^(AM) belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty—
    a day of vengeance^(AN), for vengeance on his foes.
The sword will devour^(AO) till it is satisfied,
    till it has quenched its thirst with blood.^(AP)
For the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will offer sacrifice^(AQ)
    in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.^(AR)

¹¹“Go up to Gilead and get balm,^(AS)
    Virgin^(AT) Daughter Egypt.
But you try many medicines in vain;
    there is no healing^(AU) for you.
¹²The nations will hear of your shame;
    your cries will fill the earth.
One warrior will stumble over another;
    both will fall^(AV) down together.”