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Jeremiah 46

Defeat of Pharaoh Foretold

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That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet  aconcerning the nations.

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To  aEgypt, concerning the army of  bPharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at  cCarchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the  dfourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

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aLine up the shield and  1buckler, And draw near for the battle!

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"Harness the horses, And  1mount the steeds, And take your stand with helmets on!  aPolish the spears, Put on the  bscale-armor!

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"Why have I seen it? They are terrified, They are  adrawing back, And their  bmighty men are defeated And have taken refuge in flight, Without facing back;  1 cTerror is on every side!" Declares the LORD.

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Let not the  aswift man flee, Nor the mighty man escape; In the north beside the river Euphrates They have  bstumbled and fallen.

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Who is this that  arises like the Nile, Like the rivers whose waters surge about?

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Egypt rises like the Nile, Even like the rivers whose waters surge about; And He has said, "I will  arise and cover that land; I will surely  bdestroy the city and its inhabitants."

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Go up, you horses, and  1 adrive madly, you chariots, That the mighty men may  2march forward: Ethiopia and  3 bPut, that handle the shield, And the  4 cLydians, that handle and bend the bow.

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For  athat day belongs to the Lord  1GOD of hosts, A day of  bvengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes; And the  csword will devour and be satiated And  2drink its fill of their blood; For there will be a  dslaughter for the Lord  1GOD of hosts, In the land of the north by the river Euphrates.

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Go  aup to Gilead and obtain balm,  bO virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain have you multiplied  1remedies; There is  cno healing for you.

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The nations have heard of your  ashame, And the earth is full of your  bcry of distress; For one  cwarrior has stumbled over  1another, And both of them have fallen down together.

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This is the  1message which the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the  acoming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to  bsmite the land of Egypt:

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"Declare in Egypt and proclaim in  aMigdol, Proclaim also in Memphis and  bTahpanhes; Say, `Take your stand and get yourself ready, For the  csword has devoured those around you.'

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"Why have your  amighty ones become prostrate? They do not stand because the LORD has  bthrust them down.

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"They have repeatedly  astumbled; Indeed, they have fallen one against another. Then they said, `Get up! And  blet us go back To our own people and our native land Away from the  1 csword of the oppressor.'

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1They cried there, `Pharaoh king of Egypt is but  aa big noise; He has let the appointed time pass by!'

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"As I live," declares the  aKing Whose name is the LORD of hosts, "Surely one shall come who looms up like  bTabor among the mountains, Or like  cCarmel by the sea.

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"Make your baggage ready for  aexile, O  bdaughter dwelling in Egypt, For  cMemphis will become a desolation; It will even be burned down and  1bereft of inhabitants.

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"Egypt is a pretty  aheifer, But a  1horsefly is coming  bfrom the north--it is coming!

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"Also her  amercenaries in her midst Are like  1fattened  bcalves, For even they too have turned back and have fled away together; They did not stand their ground. For the day of their calamity has come upon them, The time of their  cpunishment.

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"Its sound moves along like a serpent; For they move on  1like an army And come to her as woodcutters with axes.

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"They have cut down her  aforest," declares the LORD; "Surely it will no more be found, Even though  1they are now more numerous than  blocusts And are without number.

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"The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame, Given over to the  1power of the  apeople of the north."

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The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says, "Behold, I am going to punish Amon of  aThebes, and  bPharaoh, and Egypt along with her  cgods and her kings, even Pharaoh and those who  dtrust in him.

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"I shall give them over to the  1power of those who are  aseeking their lives, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his  2officers.  bAfterwards, however, it will be inhabited as in the days of old," declares the LORD.

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"But as for you, O Jacob My servant,  ado not fear, Nor be dismayed, O Israel! For, see, I am going to  bsave you from afar, And your descendants from the land of their captivity; And Jacob will return and be  cundisturbed And secure, with no one making him tremble.

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"O Jacob My servant, do not fear," declares the LORD, "For  aI am with you. For I will make a full end of all the nations Where I have driven you, Yet I will  bnot make a full end of you; But I will  ccorrect you properly And by no means leave you unpunished."



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