Jeremiah 46
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Jeremiah 46:20-26

20"A beautiful heifer is Egypt, but a biting fly from the north has come upon her.

21Even her hired soldiers in her midst are like fattened calves; yes, they have turned and fled together; they did not stand, for the day of their calamity has come upon them, the time of their punishment.

22"She makes a sound like a serpent gliding away; for her enemies march in force and come against her with axes like those who fell trees.

23They shall cut down her forest, declares the Lord, though it is impenetrable, because they are more numerous than locusts; they are without number.

24The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of a people from the north."

25The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: "Behold, 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.

26I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their life, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. Afterward Egypt shall be inhabited as in the days of old, declares the Lord.

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