Jeremiah 46:13-26
New Living Translation
13 Then the Lord gave the prophet Jeremiah this message about King Nebuchadnezzar’s plans to attack Egypt.
14 “Shout it out in Egypt!
Publish it in the cities of Migdol, Memphis,[a] and Tahpanhes!
Mobilize for battle,
for the sword will devour everyone around you.
15 Why have your warriors fallen?
They cannot stand, for the Lord has knocked them down.
16 They stumble and fall over each other
and say among themselves,
‘Come, let’s go back to our people,
to the land of our birth.
Let’s get away from the sword of the enemy!’
17 There they will say,
‘Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is a loudmouth
who missed his opportunity!’
18 “As surely as I live,” says the King,
whose name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
“one is coming against Egypt
who is as tall as Mount Tabor,
or as Mount Carmel by the sea!
19 Pack up! Get ready to leave for exile,
you citizens of Egypt!
The city of Memphis will be destroyed,
without a single inhabitant.
20 Egypt is as sleek as a beautiful heifer,
but a horsefly from the north is on its way!
21 Egypt’s mercenaries have become like fattened calves.
They, too, will turn and run,
for it is a day of great disaster for Egypt,
a time of great punishment.
22 Egypt flees, silent as a serpent gliding away.
The invading army marches in;
they come against her with axes like woodsmen.
23 They will cut down her people like trees,” says the Lord,
“for they are more numerous than locusts.
24 Egypt will be humiliated;
she will be handed over to people from the north.”
25 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish Amon, the god of Thebes,[b] and all the other gods of Egypt. I will punish its rulers and Pharaoh, too, and all who trust in him. 26 I will hand them over to those who want them killed—to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his army. But afterward the land will recover from the ravages of war. I, the Lord, have spoken!
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Jeremiah 46:13-26
English Standard Version
13 The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of (A)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
14 “Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in (B)Migdol;
proclaim in (C)Memphis and (D)Tahpanhes;
say, (E)‘Stand ready and be prepared,
for (F)the sword shall devour around you.’
15 Why are your mighty ones face down?
They do not stand[a]
because the Lord thrust them down.
16 He made many stumble, (G)and they fell,
and they said one to another,
‘Arise, and let us go back to our own people
and to the land of our birth,
(H)because of the sword of the oppressor.’
17 Call the name of (I)Pharaoh, king of Egypt,
‘Noisy one who lets the hour go by.’
18 (J)“As I live, declares the King,
(K)whose name is the Lord of hosts,
like (L)Tabor among the mountains
and like (M)Carmel by the sea, shall one come.
19 (N)Prepare yourselves baggage for exile,
O (O)inhabitants of Egypt!
For (P)Memphis shall become a waste,
a ruin, (Q)without inhabitant.
20 “A beautiful (R)heifer is Egypt,
but a biting fly (S)from the north has come upon her.
21 Even her hired soldiers in her midst
are like (T)fattened calves;
yes, they have turned and fled together;
they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
(U)the time of their punishment.
22 “She makes (V)a sound like a serpent gliding away;
for her enemies march in force
and come against her with axes
(W)like those who fell trees.
23 (X)They shall cut down her forest,
declares the Lord,
though it is impenetrable,
because (Y)they are more numerous than locusts;
they are without number.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame;
she shall be delivered into the hand of (Z)a people from the north.”
25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: “Behold, I am bringing punishment upon (AA)Amon of (AB)Thebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt (AC)and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him. 26 (AD)I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their life, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. (AE)Afterward Egypt shall be inhabited (AF)as in the days of old, declares the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 46:15 Hebrew He does not stand
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