Jeremiah 46:13-26
Lexham English Bible
13 The word that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon to attack the land of Egypt:
14 “Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol,
and proclaim in Memphis and in Tahpanhes,
say, ‘Take your stand and be prepared,
for the sword will devour those all around you.’
15 Why are your bulls defeated?
He did not stand because Yahweh thrust him down.
16 He multiplied the ones[a] stumbling.
Furthermore, each one fell to his neighbor,
and said, ‘Stand up, and let us return to our people
and to the land of our birth,
because of[b] the presence[c] of the sword of the oppressor.’
17 They will call there,
‘Pharaoh, the king of Egypt is but a roar,
he missed the opportunity.’[d]
18 As I live,”[e] declares[f] the king,
Yahweh of hosts is his name,
“one will come like Tabor among the mountains
and like Carmel by the sea.
19 Pack your baggage for exile,
O inhabitants[g] of the daughter of Egypt,
for Memphis will become as a horror,
and it will be destroyed, without[h] inhabitant.
20 Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
but a gadfly from the north will come against her.
21 Even her mercenaries in her midst are like calves of fattening,
for they also have turned away,
they have fled together.
They stand not,
for the day of their calamity has come,
the time of their punishment.
22 Her sound is like a snake that glides away,
for they march in force.
And with axes they come to her
like those who chop trees.
23 They will cut down her forest,” declares[i] Yahweh,
“for it is impenetrable.[j]
Yes, they are more numerous than locusts,[k]
and they are without number.[l]
24 The daughter of Egypt will be ashamed,
she will be given into the hand of the people of the north.”
25 Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, said, “Look, I am going to punish Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, and her gods, and her kings, even Pharaoh and those who trust in him. 26 And I will give them into the hand of the seekers of their lives,[m] and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and into the hand of his troops. But afterward[n] it will be inhabited, as in days of old,” declares[o] Yahweh.
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- Jeremiah 46:16 Hebrew “one”
- Jeremiah 46:16 Literally “from”
- Jeremiah 46:16 Literally “face”
- Jeremiah 46:17 Literally “he has allowed to pass over the appointed time”
- Jeremiah 46:18 Literally “Life I”
- Jeremiah 46:18 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 46:19 Hebrew “inhabitant”
- Jeremiah 46:19 Literally “from there is not”
- Jeremiah 46:23 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 46:23 Literally “it cannot be searched out”
- Jeremiah 46:23 Hebrew “locust”
- Jeremiah 46:23 Literally “there is not to them a number”
- Jeremiah 46:26 Hebrew “life”
- Jeremiah 46:26 Literally “after thus”
- Jeremiah 46:26 Literally “a declaration of”
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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