Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 46:13-28

13This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:

14“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;proclaim it in Memphis1 and Tahpanhes:‘Take your positions and prepare yourself,for the sword devours those around you.’15Why have your warriors been laid low?They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.16They continue to stumble;indeed, they have fallen over one another.They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our peopleand to the land of our birth,away from the sword of the oppressor.’

17There they will cry out:‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise;he has let the appointed time pass him by.’

18As surely as I live, declares the King,whose name is the LORD of Hosts,there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountainsand like Carmel by the sea.19Pack your bags for exile,O daughter dwelling in Egypt!For Memphis will be laid waste,destroyed and uninhabited.

20Egypt is a beautiful heifer,but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.21Even the mercenaries among herare like fattened calves.They too will turn back;together they will flee, they will not stand their ground,for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time of their punishment.

22Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent,2for the enemy will advance in force;with axes they will come against herlike woodsmen cutting down trees.23They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD,dense though it may be,for they are more numerous than locusts;they cannot be counted.24The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame;she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”

25The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes,3 along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh. 26I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.

27But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid,and do not be dismayed, O Israel.For I will surely save you out of a distant place,your descendants from the land of their captivity!Jacob will return to quiet and ease,with no one to make him afraid.28And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid,declares the LORD, for I am with you.Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you,I will not completely destroy you.Yet I will discipline you justly,and will by no means leave you unpunished.”

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Notes

1. Jeremiah 46:14 LXX; Hebrew Noph; also in verse 19 ↩
2. Jeremiah 46:22 Hebrew nachash; translated in most cases as snake ↩
3. Jeremiah 46:25 Hebrew Amon of No ↩

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