Jeremiah 46
46
1 The LORD’s word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
2 Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
3“Prepare the buckler and shield,
and draw near to battle!
4Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen,
and stand up with your helmets.
Polish the spears,
put on the coats of mail.
5 Why have I seen it?
They are dismayed and are turned backward.
Their mighty ones are beaten down,
have fled in haste,
and don’t look back.
Terror is on every side,”
says the LORD.
6“Don’t let the swift flee away,
nor the mighty man escape.
In the north by the river Euphrates
they have stumbled and fallen.
7“Who is this who rises up like the Nile,
like rivers whose waters surge?
8 Egypt rises up like the Nile,
like rivers whose waters surge.
He says, ‘I will rise up. I will cover the earth.
I will destroy cities and its inhabitants.’
9 Go up, you horses!
Rage, you chariots!
Let the mighty men go out:
Cush and Put, who handle the shield;
and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
10 For that day is of the Lord, GOD of Hosts,
a day of vengeance,
that he may avenge himself of his adversaries.
The sword will devour and be satiated,
and will drink its fill of their blood;
for the Lord, GOD of Hosts, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt.
You use many medicines in vain.
There is no healing for you.
12 The nations have heard of your shame,
and the earth is full of your cry;
for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty,
they both fall together.”
13 The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt:
14“Declare in Egypt,
publish in Migdol,
and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes;
say, ‘Stand up, and prepare,
for the sword has devoured around you.’
15 Why are your strong ones swept away?
They didn’t stand, because the LORD pushed them.
16 He made many to stumble.
Yes, they fell on one another.
They said, ‘Arise! Let’s go again to our own people,
and to the land of our birth,
from the oppressing sword.’
17 They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise;
he has let the appointed time pass by.’
18“As I live,” says the King,
whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
“surely like Tabor among the mountains,
and like Carmel by the sea,
so he will come.
19 You daughter who dwells in Egypt,
furnish yourself to go into captivity;
for Memphis will become a desolation,
and will be burned up,
without inhabitant.
20“Egypt is a very beautiful heifer;
but destruction out of the north has come.
It has come.
21 Also her hired men in the middle of her are like calves of the stall,
for they also are turned back.
They have fled away together.
They didn’t stand,
for the day of their calamity has come on them,
the time of their visitation.
22 Its sound will go like the serpent,
for they will march with an army,
and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.
23 They will cut down her forest,” says the LORD,
“though it can’t be searched;
because they are more than the locusts,
and are innumerable.
24 The daughter of Egypt will be disappointed;
she will be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.”
25 The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods and her kings, even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him. 26I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants. Afterwards it will be inhabited, as in the days of old,” says the LORD.
27“But don’t you be afraid, Jacob my servant.
Don’t be dismayed, Israel;
for, behold, I will save you from afar,
and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob will return,
and will be quiet and at ease.
No one will make him afraid.
28Don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant,” says the LORD,
“for I am with you;
for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you,
but I will not make a full end of you,
but I will correct you in measure,
and will in no way leave you unpunished.”
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Yirmeyah 46
46
1The Davar Hashem which came to Yirmeyah HaNavi against the Goyim;
2Against Mitzrayim, against the army of Pharaoh Nekho Melech Mitzrayim, which was by the river Euphrates in Karkemish (Carchemish), which Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel defeated in the fourth year of Y'hoyakim Ben Yoshiyah Melech Yehudah:
3Order ye the mogen and tzinnah (large shield),
and draw near to milchamah.
4Harness the susim;
and get up, ye parashim (horsemen),
and stand forth with your helmets;
polish the spears,
and put on the armor.
5What do I see? They are filled with terror and retreat!
And their gibborim are beaten down,
and are fled speedily, and look not back;
for fear was all around,
saith Hashem.
6Let not the swift flee away,
nor the gibbor escape;
they shall stumble,
and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
7Who is this that riseth like the Nile,
whose mayim surge like the rivers?
8Mitzrayim riseth up like the Nile,
and his mayim surge like the rivers;
and he saith: I will go up,
and will cover eretz (earth);
I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.
9Come up, ye susim;
and rage, ye chariots;
and let the Gibborim come forth;
Kush and Put, that handle the mogen;
and the Ludim, that handle and bend the keshet.
10For this is the Yom Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os,
a day of vengeance,
that He may avenge Him on His adversaries;
and the cherev shall devour, and it shall be satiate
and made drunk with their dahm;
for Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os hath a zevach
in eretz tzafon by the river Euphrates.
11Go up into Gil'ad, and take balm,
O Betulat Bat Mitzrayim;
in vain shalt thou use many refu'ot (healing remedies, medicines);
for thou shalt not be healed.
12The Goyim have heard of thy shame,
and thy cry hath filled ha'aretz;
for the gibbor hath stumbled against the gibbor,
and they are fallen both together.
13The Davar that Hashem spoke to Yirmeyah HaNavi, how Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel would come and strike Eretz Mitzrayim:
14Declare ye in Mitzrayim, and publish in Migdol,
and publish in Noph and in Tachpanches;
say ye: Stand fast, prepare thee;
for the cherev shall devour all around thee.
15Why are your valiant swept away?
They stood not,
because Hashem did drive them away.
16He made many to stumble,
indeed, one fell upon another;
and they said: Arise,
and let us go back to ammenu (our own people),
and to eretz moladteinu (land of our birth),
from the oppressing cherev.
17They did cry there:
Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim is but a noise;
he hath passed the mo'ed (time appointed).
18As I live, saith HaMelech,
Hashem Tzva'os Shmo,
Surely as Tavor is among the harim,
and as Carmel by the yam, so shall he#46:18 Nebuchadnezzar come.
19O thou Bat dwelling in Mitzrayim,
prepare thyself to go into Golus;
for Noph shall be waste
and desolate without an inhabitant.
20Mitzrayim is like a very fair eglah,
but a gadfly comes; it comes out of the tzafon.
21Also her mercenaries are in the midst of her
like young calves of the stall;
for they also are turned back,
and are fled away together;
they did not stand,
because the day of their calamity was come upon them,
and the time of their pekuddat.
22The noise thereof#46:22 the sound of Egypt fleeing shall go like a nachash;
for they [her enemies] shall march in force,
and come against her with axes,
as choppers of wood.
23They shall cut down her forest,
saith Hashem,
though it cannot be searched out;
because they are more in number than the arbeh (locust),
innumerable.
24The Bat Mitzrayim shall be ashamed;
she shall be delivered into the yad of the Am Tzafon (People of the North).
25 Hashem Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel, saith; Hineni, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Mitzrayim, with their elohim, and their melachim; even Pharaoh, and all the botechim (ones trusting) in him; 26And I will deliver them into the yad of those that seek their nefesh, and into the yad of Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel, and into the yad of his avadim; and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the yemei kedem (days of old), saith Hashem.
27But fear not thou, O Avdi Ya'akov,
and be not dismayed, O Yisroel;
for, hineni, I will save thee from afar off,
and thy zera from the land of their captivity;
and Ya'akov shall return, and be in rest and securely at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
28Fear thou not, O Ya'akov Avdi,
saith Hashem;
for I am with thee;
for I will make a full end of kol HaGoyim
where I have scattered thee;
but I will not make a full end of thee,
but correct thee with mishpat (justice);
yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
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