46 He prophesieth the destruction of Egypt. 27 Deliverance is promised to Israel.

The words of the Lord, which came to Jeremiah the Prophet against the [a]Gentiles,

As against Egypt, against the army of [b]Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Perath in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

[c]Make ready buckler and shield, and go forth to battle.

Make ready the horses, and let the horsemen get up, and stand up with your sallets, furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

[d]Wherefore have I seen them afraid, and driven back? for their mighty men are smitten, and are fled away, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord.

The swift shall not flee away, nor the strong man escape: they shall stumble, and [e]fall toward the North by the river Perath.

Who is this that cometh up as [f]a flood, whose waters are moved like the rivers?

Egypt riseth up like the flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers, and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth: I will destroy the city with them that dwell therein.

Come up ye horses, and rage ye chariots, and let the valiant men come forth, [g]the black Moors, and the Libyans that bear the shield, and the Lydians that handle and bend the bow.

10 ¶ For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, and a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his enemies: for the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate, and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts hath [h]a sacrifice in the North country [i]by the river Perath.

11 Go up unto Gilead, [j]and take balm, [k]O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many [l]medicines: for thou shalt have no health.

12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the strong hath stumbled against the strong, and they are fallen both together.

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Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 46:1 That is, nine nations, which are round about the land of Egypt.
  2. Jeremiah 46:2 Read 2 Kings 23:29 and 24:7; 2 Chron. 35:20.
  3. Jeremiah 46:3 He warneth the Egyptians to prepare themselves to war.
  4. Jeremiah 46:5 The Prophet had this vision of the Egyptians, which should be put to flight by the Babylonians at Carchemish.
  5. Jeremiah 46:6 The Babylonians shall discomfit them at the river Euphrates.
  6. Jeremiah 46:7 He derideth the boastings of the Egyptians, who thought by their riches and power to have overcome all the world, alluding to the river Nilus, which at certain times overfloweth the country of Egypt.
  7. Jeremiah 46:9 For these nations took part with the Egyptians.
  8. Jeremiah 46:10 He calleth the slaughter of God’s enemies a sacrifice, because it is a thing that doth please him, Isa. 34:6.
  9. Jeremiah 46:10 That is, at Carchemish.
  10. Jeremiah 46:11 For at Gilead did grow most sovereign balm for wounds.
  11. Jeremiah 46:11 So called, because Egypt had not yet been overcome by the enemy.
  12. Jeremiah 46:11 He showeth that no salve or medicine can prevail whereas God giveth the wound.

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