Jeremiah 46:3-12

3“1Line up the shield and 2buckler, And draw near for the battle!4Harness the horses, And 3mount the steeds, And take your stand with helmets on! 4Polish the spears, Put on the 5scale-armor!5Why have I seen it? They are terrified, They are 6drawing back, And their 7mighty men are defeated And have taken refuge in flight, Without facing back; 89Terror is on every side!” Declares the Lord.6Let not the 10swift man flee, Nor the mighty man escape; In the north beside the river Euphrates They have 11stumbled and fallen.7Who is this that 12rises like the Nile, Like the rivers whose waters surge about?8Egypt rises like the Nile, Even like the rivers whose waters surge about; And He has said, “I will 13rise and cover that land; I will surely 14destroy the city and its inhabitants.”9Go up, you horses, and 1516drive madly, you chariots, That the mighty men may 17march forward: Ethiopia and 1819Put, that handle the shield, And the 2021Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.10For 22that day belongs to the Lord 23God of hosts, A day of 24vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes; And the 25sword will devour and be satiated And 26drink its fill of their blood; For there will be a 27slaughter for the Lord 28God of hosts, In the land of the north by the river Euphrates.11Go 29up to Gilead and obtain balm, 30O virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain have you multiplied 31remedies; There is 32no healing for you.12The nations have heard of your 33shame, And the earth is full of your 34cry of distress; For one 35warrior has stumbled over 36another, And both of them have fallen down together.