Jeremiah 46
1. The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;
2. 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.
3. Order * ye the buckler and shield, and draw near * to battle.
4. Harness * the horses; and get up * , ye horsemen, and stand forth * with your helmets; furbish * the spears, and put on * the brigandines.
5. 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.
6. Let not the swift flee away * , nor the mighty man escape * ; they shall stumble * , and fall * toward the north by the river Euphrates.
7. Who is this that cometh up * as a flood, whose waters are moved * as the rivers?
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. The word that the LORD spake * to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come * and smite * the land of Egypt.
14. 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.
15. Why are thy valiant men swept away * ? they stood * not, because the LORD did drive * them.
16. 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.
17. They did cry * there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed * the time appointed.
18. 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 * .
19. O thou daughter dwelling * in Egypt, furnish * thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate * without an inhabitant * .
20. Egypt is like a very fair heifer,but destruction cometh * ; it cometh out * of the north.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. They shall cut down * her forest, saith * the LORD, though it cannot be searched * ; because they are more * than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
24. The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded * ; she shall be delivered * into the hand of the people of the north.
25. 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:
26. 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.
27. 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 * .
28. 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 * .
