Jeremiah 46:1-12

New American Standard Bible 1995

³ “^(F)Line up the shield and ^[a]buckler,
And draw near for the battle!
⁴ “Harness the horses,
And ^[b]mount the steeds,
And take your stand with helmets on!
^(G)Polish the spears,
Put on the ^(H)scale-armor!
⁵ “Why have I seen it?
They are terrified,
They are ^(I)drawing back,
And their ^(J)mighty men are defeated
And have taken refuge in flight,
Without facing back;
^[c](K)Terror is on every side!”
Declares the Lord.
⁶ Let not the ^(L)swift man flee,
Nor the mighty man escape;
In the north beside the river Euphrates
They have ^(M)stumbled and fallen.
⁷ Who is this that ^(N)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 ^(O)rise and cover that land;
I will surely ^(P)destroy the city and its inhabitants.”
⁹ Go up, you horses, and ^[d](Q)drive madly, you chariots,
That the mighty men may ^[e]march forward:
Ethiopia and ^[f](R)Put, that handle the shield,
And the ^[g](S)Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
¹⁰ For ^(T)that day belongs to the Lord ^[h]God of hosts,
A day of ^(U)vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes;
And the ^(V)sword will devour and be satiated
And ^[i]drink its fill of their blood;
For there will be a ^(W)slaughter for the Lord ^[j]God of hosts,
In the land of the north by the river Euphrates.
¹¹ Go ^(X)up to Gilead and obtain balm,
^(Y)O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain have you multiplied ^[k]remedies;
There is ^(Z)no healing for you.
¹² The nations have heard of your ^(AA)shame,
And the earth is full of your ^(AB)cry of distress;
For one ^(AC)warrior has stumbled over ^[l]another,
And both of them have fallen down together.