Jeremiah 46
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Jeremiah 46:13-28

13This is the wordH1697 thatH834 the LORDH3068 spokeH1696 toH413 JeremiahH3414 the prophetH5030 about the comingH935 of NebuchadnezzarH5019 kingH4428 of BabylonH894 to strikeH5221 the landH776 of EgyptH4714:

14“Announce itH5046 in EgyptH4714, and proclaimH8085 it in MigdolH4024;proclaimH8085 it in MemphisH52971 and TahpanhesH8471:‘Take your positionsH3320 and prepareH3559 yourself,forH3588 the swordH2719 devoursH398 those around youH5439.’15WhyH4069 have your warriorsH47 been laid lowH5502?They cannotH3808 standH5975, forH3588 the LORDH3068 has thrust them downH1920.16They continueH7235 to stumbleH3782;indeedH1571, they have fallenH5307 overH413 one anotherH7453.They sayH559, ‘Get upH6965! Let us returnH7725 toH413 our peopleH5971and toH413 the landH776 of our birthH4138,away fromH6440 the swordH2719 of the oppressorH3238.’
17ThereH8033 they will cry outH7121:‘PharaohH6547 kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 was all noiseH7588;he has let the appointed timeH4150 pass him byH5674.’
18As surely as IH589 liveH2416, declaresH5002 the KingH4428,whose nameH8034 is the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635,there will come oneH935 who is like TaborH8396 among the mountainsH2022and like CarmelH3760 by the seaH3220.19PackH6213 your bagsH3627 for exileH1473,O daughterH1323 dwellingH3427 in EgyptH4714!ForH3588 MemphisH5297 will beH1961 laid wasteH8047,destroyedH5327 and uninhabitedH369H3427.
20EgyptH4714 is a beautifulH3304 heiferH5697,but a gadflyH7171 from the northH6828 is coming against herH935.21EvenH1571 the mercenariesH7916 among herH7130are like fattenedH4770 calvesH5695.TheyH1992 tooH1571 will turn backH6437;togetherH3162 they will fleeH5127, they will notH3808 stand their groundH5975,forH3588 the dayH3117 of calamityH343 is comingH935 upon themH5921—the timeH6256 of their punishmentH6486.
22Egypt will hissH6963 like a fleeingH1980 serpentH5175,2forH3588 the enemy will advanceH1980 in forceH2428;with axesH7134 they will comeH935 against herlike woodsmen cutting down treesH2404H6086.23They will chop downH3772 her forestH3293, declaresH5002 the LORDH3068,denseH3808 thoughH3588 it may beH2713,forH3588 they are more numerousH7231 than locustsH697;they cannotH369 be countedH4557.24The DaughterH1323 of EgyptH4714 will be put to shameH954;she will be deliveredH5414 into the handsH3027 of the peopleH5971 of the northH6828.”

25The LORDH3068 of HostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, saysH559: “BeholdH2005, I am about to punishH6485H413 AmonH528 god of ThebesH4996H5921,3 along with PharaohH6547, EgyptH4714 withH5921 her godsH430H5921 and kingsH4428H5921, and those who trustH982 in PharaohH6547. 26I will deliver themH5414 into the handsH3027 of those who seekH1245 their livesH5315H3027—of NebuchadnezzarH5019 kingH4428 of BabylonH894H3027 and his officersH5650. But afterH310 thisH3651, Egypt will be inhabitedH7931 as in daysH3117 of oldH6924, declaresH5002 the LORDH3068.

27But youH859, O JacobH3290 My servantH5650, do notH408 be afraidH3372,and do notH408 be dismayedH2865, O IsraelH3478.ForH3588 I will surely save youH2005H3467 out of a distant placeH7350,your descendantsH2233 from the landH776 of their captivityH7628!JacobH3290 will returnH7725 to quietH8252 and easeH7599,with no oneH369 to make him afraidH2729.28And youH859, My servantH5650 JacobH3290, do notH408 be afraidH3372,declaresH5002 the LORDH3068, forH3588 IH589 am with youH854.ThoughH3588 I will completelyH6213 destroyH3617 allH3605 the nationsH1471 to whichH834 I have banished youH5080H8033,I will notH3808 completely destroy youH6213H3617.Yet I will discipline youH3256 justlyH4941,and will by no meansH3808 leave you unpunishedH5352.”
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Notes

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

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