Jeremiah 46:3-12

3“1Set up the 2buckler and shield, And advance to the battle!4Harness the horses, And 3mount the steeds, Take your stand with helmets on! 4Polish the spears, Put on the 5coats of armor!5Why have I seen it? They are terrified, They are 6retreating, And their 7warriors 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 warrior 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?8Egypt rises like the Nile, And like the rivers whose waters surge; And He has said, “I will 13rise and cover that land; I will 14destroy the city and its inhabitants.”9Go up, you horses, and 1516drive wildly, you chariots, So that the warriors may 17march forward: 18Cush and 1920Put, who handle the shield, And the 2122Lydians, who handle and bend the bow.10For 23that day belongs to the Lord 24God of armies, A day of 25vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes; And the 26sword will devour and be satisfied, And 27drink its fill of their blood; For there will be a 28slaughter for the Lord 29God of armies, In the land of the north at the river Euphrates.11Go 30up to Gilead and obtain balm, 31Virgin daughter of Egypt! You have used many 32remedies in vain; There is 33no healing for you.12The nations have heard of your 34shame, And the earth is full of your 35cry of distress; For one 36warrior has stumbled over 37another, And both of them have fallen down together.