Jeremiah 46:13-26
World English Bible
13 The word that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt.
14 “Declare in Egypt,
publish in Migdol,
and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes:
say, ‘Stand up, and prepare;
for the sword has devoured around you.’
15 Why are your strong ones swept away?
They didn’t stand, because Yahweh pushed them.
16 He made many to stumble.
Yes, they fell on one another.
They said, ‘Arise! Let’s go again to our own people,
and to the land of our birth,
from the oppressing sword.’
17 They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise;
he has let the appointed time pass by.’
18 “As I live,” says the King,
whose name is Yahweh of Armies,
“surely like Tabor among the mountains,
and like Carmel by the sea,
so he will come.
19 You daughter who dwells in Egypt,
furnish yourself to go into captivity;
for Memphis will become a desolation,
and will be burned up,
without inhabitant.
20 “Egypt is a very beautiful heifer;
but destruction out of the north has come.
It has come.
21 Also her hired men in the middle of her are like calves of the stall;
for they also are turned back.
They have fled away together.
They didn’t stand,
for the day of their calamity has come on them,
the time of their visitation.
22 Its sound will go like the serpent;
for they will march with an army,
and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.
23 They will cut down her forest,” says Yahweh,
“though it can’t be searched;
because they are more than the locusts,
and are innumerable.
24 The daughter of Egypt will be disappointed;
she will be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.”
25 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him. 26 I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants. Afterwards it will be inhabited, as in the days of old,” says Yahweh.
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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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