Jeremiah 46:3-12

3“Line up the buckler (small shield) and [large] shield, And advance for battle!

4Harness the horses, And mount, you riders! Take your stand with your helmets! Polish the spears, Put on the coats of mail!

5Why have I seen it? They are terrified And have turned back, And their warriors are beaten down. They take flight in haste Without looking back; Terror is on every side!” Says the Lord.

6Do not let the swift man run, Nor the mighty man escape; In the north by the river Euphrates They have stumbled and fallen.

7Who is this that rises up like the Nile [River], Like the rivers [in the delta of Egypt] whose waters surge about?

8Egypt rises like the Nile, Even like the rivers whose waters surge about. And He has said, “I will rise, I will cover that land; I will certainly destroy the city and its inhabitants.”

9Charge, you horses, And drive like madmen, you chariots! Let the warriors go forward: Ethiopia and Put (Libya) who handle the shield, And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.

10For that day belongs to the Lord God of hosts, A day of vengeance, that He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. And the sword will devour and be satiated And drink its fill of their blood; For the Lord God of hosts has a sacrifice [like that of a great sin offering] In the north country by the river Euphrates.

11Go up to Gilead and obtain [healing] balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you use many medicines; For you there is no healing or remedy.

12The nations have heard of your disgrace and shame, And your cry [of distress] has filled the earth. For warrior has stumbled against warrior, And both of them have fallen together.