The word of the LORD
which came to Jeremiah
the prophet
against the Gentiles
;
Against Egypt, against the army
of Pharaohnecho
king
of Egypt
, which was by the river
Euphrates
in Carchemish
, which Nebuchadrezzar
king
of Babylon
smote
in the fourth
year
of Jehoiakim
the son
of Josiah
king
of Judah
.
Order ye the buckler
and shield
, and draw near
to battle
.
Harness the horses
; and get up
, ye horsemen
, and stand forth
with your helmets
; furbish
the spears
, and put on
the brigandines
.
Wherefore have I seen them dismayed
and turned
away back
? and their mighty ones
are beaten down
, and are fled
apace
, and look not back
: for fear
was round about
, saith
the LORD
.
Let not the swift flee away
, nor the mighty man
escape
; they shall stumble
, and fall
toward the north
by
the river
Euphrates
.
Who is this that cometh up as a flood
, whose waters
are moved
as the rivers
?
Egypt riseth up
like a 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
and the inhabitants
thereof.
Come up, ye horses
; and rage
, ye chariots
; and let the mighty men
come forth
; the Ethiopians
and the Libyans
, that handle
the shield
; and the Lydians
, that handle
and bend
the bow
.
For this is the day of the Lord
GOD
of hosts
, a day
of vengeance
, that he may avenge
him of his adversaries
: and the sword
shall devour
, and it shall be satiate
and made drunk
with their blood
: for the Lord
GOD
of hosts
hath a sacrifice
in the north
country
by the river
Euphrates
.
Go up into Gilead
, and take
balm
, O virgin
, the daughter
of Egypt
: in vain
shalt thou use many
medicines
; for thou shalt not be cured
.
The nations have heard
of thy shame
, and thy cry
hath filled
the land
: for the mighty man
hath stumbled
against the mighty
, and they are fallen
both
together
.
The word that the LORD
spake
to Jeremiah
the prophet
, how Nebuchadrezzar
king
of Babylon
should come
and smite
the land
of Egypt
.
Declare ye in Egypt
, and publish
in Migdol
, and publish
in Noph
and in Tahpanhes
: say
ye, Stand fast
, and prepare
thee; for the sword
shall devour
round about
thee.
Why are thy valiant men swept away
? they stood
not, because the LORD
did drive
them.
He made many to fall
, yea, one
fell
upon another
: and they said
, Arise
, and let us go again
to our own people
, and to the land
of our nativity
, from
the oppressing
sword
.
They did cry there, Pharaoh
king
of Egypt
is but a noise
; he hath passed
the time appointed
.
As I live, saith
the King
, whose name
is the LORD
of hosts
, Surely as Tabor
is among the mountains
, and as Carmel
by the sea
, so shall he come
.
O thou daughter dwelling
in Egypt
, furnish
thyself to go into captivity
: for Noph
shall be waste
and desolate
without an inhabitant
.
Egypt is like a very fair
heifer
, but destruction
cometh
; it cometh out
of the north
.
Also her hired men are in the midst
of her like fatted
bullocks
; for they also are turned back
, and are fled away
together
: they did not stand
, because the day
of their calamity
was come
upon them, and the time
of their visitation
.
The voice thereof shall go
like a serpent
; for they shall march
with an army
, and come
against her with axes
, as hewers
of wood
.
They shall cut down her forest
, saith
the LORD
, though it cannot be searched
; because they are more
than the grasshoppers
, and are innumerable
.
The daughter of Egypt
shall be confounded
; she shall be delivered
into the hand
of the people
of the north
.
The LORD of hosts
, the God
of Israel
, saith
; Behold, I will punish
the multitude
of No
, and Pharaoh
, and Egypt
, with their gods
, and their kings
; even Pharaoh
, and all them that trust
in him:
And I will deliver them into the hand
of those that seek
their lives
, and into the hand
of Nebuchadrezzar
king
of Babylon
, and into the hand
of his servants
: and afterward
it shall be inhabited
, as in the days
of old
, saith
the LORD
.
But fear not thou, O my servant
Jacob
, and be not dismayed
, O Israel
: for, behold, I will save
thee from afar off
, and thy seed
from the land
of their captivity
; and Jacob
shall return
, and be in rest
and at ease
, and none shall make him afraid
.
Fear thou not, O Jacob
my servant
, saith
the LORD
: for I am with thee; for I will make
a full end
of all the nations
whither I have driven
thee: but I will not make
a full end
of thee, but correct
thee in measure
; yet will I not leave thee wholly
unpunished
.