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1The word of the Lord that came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the nations.
2Concerning Egypt, about the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the River Euphrates at Carchemish and which King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah:[#2 Kings 23.29; 2 Chr 35.20; Jer 45.1]
3Prepare buckler and shield,[#Jer 51.11, 12; Nah 2.1; 3.14]
and advance for battle!
4Harness the horses;
mount the steeds!
Take your stations with helmets on,
whet the lances,
put on coats of mail!
5Why do I see them terrified?[#Isa 42.17; Jer 6.25; 49.29; Ezek 39.18]
They have fallen back;
their warriors are beaten down
and have fled in haste.
They do not look back—
terror is all around! says the Lord .
6The swift cannot flee away,[#Isa 30.16; Dan 11.19]
nor can the warrior escape;
in the north by the River Euphrates
they have stumbled and fallen.
7Who is this, rising like the Nile,[#Jer 47.2]
like rivers whose waters surge?
8Egypt rises like the Nile,[#Isa 10.13; 37.24]
like rivers whose waters surge.
It said, “Let me rise; let me cover the earth;
let me destroy cities and their inhabitants.”
9Advance, O horses,[#Isa 66.19; Jer 47.3; Nah 2.4; 3.9]
and dash madly, O chariots!
Let the warriors go forth:
Cush and Put, who carry the shield,
the Ludim, who draw the bow.
10That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts,[#Isa 13.6; 34.6; Jer 50.15, 28; Joel 1.15; 2.1; Zeph 1.7]
a day of retribution,
to gain vindication from his foes.
The sword shall devour and be sated
and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice
in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
11Go up to Gilead, and take balm,[#Isa 47.1; Jer 8.22; 30.13; 31.4, 21; 51.8; Ezek 30.21]
O virgin daughter Egypt!
In vain you have used many medicines;
there is no healing for you.
12The nations have heard of your shame,[#Jer 2.36; 14.2; Nah 3.8–10]
and the earth is full of your cry,
for warrior has stumbled against warrior;
both have fallen together.
13The word that the Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about the coming of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon to attack the land of Egypt:[#Isa 19.1; Jer 43.10, 11]
14Declare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol;[#Jer 43.8; 44.1; Nah 2.13]
proclaim in Memphis and Tahpanhes;
Say, “Take your stations and be ready,
for the sword shall devour those around you.”
15Why has Apis fled?[#46.15 Gk: Heb mighty ones]
Why did your bull not stand?
Because the Lord thrust him down.
16Your multitude stumbled and fell,[#Lev 26.36, 37; Jer 50.16; 51.9; #46.16 Gk: Heb the stumblers multiplied]
and one said to another,
“Come, let us go back to our own people
and to the land of our birth,
because of the destroying sword.”
17Give Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the name[#Isa 19.11–16]
“Braggart who missed his chance.”
18As I live, says the King,[#1 Kings 18.42; Ps 89.12; Jer 48.15]
whose name is the Lord of hosts,
one is coming
like Tabor among the mountains
and like Carmel by the sea.
19Pack your bags for exile,[#v 4 ; Isa 20.4; Jer 48.18; Ezek 30.13]
sheltered daughter Egypt!
For Memphis shall become a waste,
a ruin, without inhabitant.
20A beautiful heifer is Egypt—[#v 24 ; Jer 50.11]
a gadfly from the north lights upon her.
21Even her mercenaries in her midst[#v 5 ; Ps 37.13; Jer 50.27]
are like fatted calves;
they, too, have turned and fled together;
they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
the time of their punishment.
22She makes a sound like a snake gliding away,[#Isa 29.4]
for her enemies march in force
and come against her with axes,
like those who fell trees.
23They shall cut down her forest, says the Lord ,[#Judg 6.5; Isa 10.34; Jer 21.14; Joel 2.25]
though it is impenetrable,
because they are more numerous
than locusts;
they are without number.
24Daughter Egypt shall be put to shame;[#v 19 ; Jer 1.15]
she shall be handed over to a people from the north.
25The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: See, I am bringing punishment upon Amon of Thebes and Pharaoh and Egypt and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.[#Isa 20.5; Jer 43.12; 44.30; Ezek 30.13–16]
26I will hand them over to those who seek their life, to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon and his servants. Afterward Egypt shall be inhabited as in the days of old, says the Lord .[#Jer 44.30; Ezek 29.11–14; 32.11]
27But as for you, have no fear, my servant Jacob,[#Isa 41.13; 43.5; Jer 23.3, 4, 6; 30.10, 11; 50.19]
and do not be dismayed, O Israel,
for I am going to save you from far away
and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
and no one shall make him afraid.
28As for you, have no fear, my servant Jacob, says the Lord ,[#Isa 8.9, 10; Jer 1.19; 4.27; 10.24; 30.11; Am 9.8, 9]
for I am with you.
I will make an end of all the nations
among which I have banished you,
but I will not make an end of you!
I will chastise you in just measure,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished.