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1The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
2Concerning Egypt: Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, the king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah.
3“Prepare small shield and shield,
4Harness the horses and mount the steeds!
Polish the spears!
5Why do I see them terrified?
and their warriors are beaten down.
and they do not turn back.
6The swift cannot flee,
They have stumbled and they have fallen,
7Who is this that rises like the Nile,
8Egypt rises like the Nile,
And he says, “Let me rise,
let me destroy cities,
9Go up, O horses,
and let the warriors go forth;
10For that day is to the Lord Yahweh of hosts
And the sword will devour and be satisfied,
for a sacrifice is for the Lord Yahweh of hosts
11Go up to Gilead and take balm,
In vain you make use of many medicines;
12The nations have heard your shame,
For warrior has stumbled against warrior,
13The 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,
say, ‘Take your stand and be prepared,
15Why are your bulls defeated?
16He multiplied the ones stumbling.[#Hebrew “one”]
and said, ‘Stand up, and let us return to our people
17They will call there,
‘Pharaoh, the king of Egypt is but a roar,
18As I live,” declares the king,[#Literally “Life I”; #Literally “a declaration of”]
“one will come like Tabor among the mountains
19Pack your baggage for exile,
for Memphis will become as a horror,
20Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
21Even her mercenaries in her midst are like calves of fattening,
They stand not,
22Her sound is like a snake that glides away,
And with axes they come to her
23They will cut down her forest,” declares Yahweh,[#Literally “a declaration of”]
Yes, they are more numerous than locusts,
24The daughter of Egypt will be ashamed,
25Yahweh 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.
26And I will give them into the hand of the seekers of their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and into the hand of his troops. But afterward it will be inhabited, as in days of old,” declares Yahweh.[#Hebrew “life”; #Literally “after thus”; #Literally “a declaration of”]
27“But as for you, my servant Jacob, you must not be afraid,
for look, I am going to save you from far,
And Jacob will return,
and he will be at ease,
28You must not be afraid, my servant Jacob,” declares Yahweh,[#Literally “a declaration of”]
For I will make a complete destruction in all the nations where I scattered you,
though I will chastise you to the measure,