Jeremiah 46
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Prophecies Against the Nations
1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the nations: # Jr 25:15-38
Prophecies against Egypt
2About Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco, Egypt’s king, # 2Kg 23:29 which was defeated at Carchemish # 2Ch 35:20 on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Judah’s King Jehoiakim son of Josiah: # Jr 45:1
3Deploy small shields # Jr 49:14; Ob 1 and large;
draw near for battle!
4Harness the horses;
mount the steeds; # Or mount up, riders
take your positions with helmets on!
Polish the lances;
put on armor! # Jb 41:13; Jr 51:3
5Why have I seen this?
They are terrified,
they are retreating,
their warriors are crushed,
they flee headlong,
they never look back,
terror is on every side! # Jr 6:25; 20:3-4,10; 49:29
This is the Lord’s declaration.
6The swift cannot flee,
and the warrior cannot escape! # Am 2:14
In the north by the bank of the Euphrates River,
they stumble and fall. # Dn 11:19
7Who is this, rising like the Nile, # Jr 47:2
like rivers whose waters churn?
8Egypt rises like the Nile, # Am 8:8
and its waters churn like rivers.
He boasts, “I will go up, I will cover the earth;
I will destroy cities with their residents.”
9Rise up, you cavalry!
Race furiously, you chariots!
Let the warriors go out —
Cush and Put, # Gn 10:6; Ezk 30:5
who are able to handle shields,
and the Ludim, # Gn 10:13; 1Ch 1:11
who are able to handle and string the bow. # Is 66:19
10That day belongs to the Lord, the God of Hosts,
a day of vengeance to avenge Himself
against His adversaries.
The sword will devour and be satisfied;
it will drink its fill of their blood,
because it will be a sacrifice # Is 34:5-8; Ezk 39:17-20; Zph 1:7 to the Lord, the God of Hosts,
in the northern land by the Euphrates River. # Zph 1:7
11Go up to Gilead and get balm, # Gn 37:25; Jr 8:22; 51:8
Virgin Daughter Egypt!
You have multiplied remedies in vain;
there is no healing for you.
12The nations have heard of your dishonor, # Jr 13:26; Hs 4:7; Nah 3:5
and your outcry fills the earth,
because warrior stumbles against warrior
and together both of them have fallen.
13This is the word the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to defeat the land of Egypt: # Jr 43:8-13
14Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol! # Jr 2:16; 43:7-9; 44:1
Proclaim it in Memphis and in Tahpanhes!
Say: Take positions! Prepare yourself,
for the sword devours all around you. # Jr 46:10
15Why have your strong ones been swept away?
Each has not stood,
for the Lord has thrust him down.
16He continues to stumble. # Lv 26:36-37
Indeed, each falls over the other.
They say, “Get up! Let’s return to our people
and to the land of our birth,
away from the sword that oppresses.” # Jr 50:16
17There they will cry out,
“Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise;
he let the opportune moment pass.”
18As I live —
this is the King’s declaration;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name. # Jr 48:15; 51:57
He will come like Tabor among the mountains
and like Carmel by the sea.
19Get your bags ready for exile,
inhabitant of Daughter Egypt! # Jr 48:18
For Memphis will become a desolation,
uninhabited ruins.
20Egypt is a beautiful young cow, # Hs 10:11
but a horsefly from the north is coming against her. # Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read is coming, coming # Jr 1:13-14
21Even her mercenaries among her
are like stall-fed calves.
They too will turn back;
together they will flee;
they will not take their stand,
for the day of their calamity is coming on them,
the time of their punishment. # Jr 50:27,31
22Egypt will hiss like a slithering snake, # Lit Her sound, she will go like a snake
for the enemy will come with an army;
with axes they will come against her
like those who cut trees. # Ps 74:5
23They will cut down her forest —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
though it is dense,
for they are more numerous than locusts;
they cannot be counted. # Jdg 6:5; 7:12
24Daughter Egypt will be put to shame,
handed over to a northern people. # Jr 1:15
25The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to punish Amon, god of Thebes, # Ezk 30:14-16 along with Pharaoh, Egypt, her gods, and her kings — Pharaoh and those trusting in him. 26I will hand them over to those who want to take their lives # Jr 44:30; Ezk 32:11 — to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, # Ezk 29:8-14 it will be inhabited again as in ancient times.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Reassurance for Israel
27But you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, # Is 41:8; 44:2; 45:4
and do not be discouraged, Israel,
for without fail I will save you from far away
and your descendants, from the land of their captivity!
Jacob will return and have calm and quiet
with no one to frighten him.
28And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
for I will be with you. # Jr 1:8,19; 30:11; 42:11
I will bring destruction on all the nations
where I have banished you,
but I will not bring destruction on you.
I will discipline you with justice,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished. # Jr 30:10-11
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Jeremiah 46
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Judgment on Egypt
1#Jer 1:10The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the nations:
2#2Ki 23:29; Isa 10:9Concerning Egypt, about the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was by the River Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
3#Isa 21:5; Jer 51:11–12 Order the buckler and shield,
and draw near to battle!
4#Eze 21:9–11; Jer 51:3 Harness the horses;
mount the steeds!
Take your positions
with your helmets,
polish the spears,
put on the armor!
5#Jer 6:25; 49:29 Why have I seen them
dismayed and drawing back?
Their mighty ones are beaten down
and have taken refuge in flight,
and not looking back.
Terror is on every side!
says the Lord.
6#Da 11:19; Jer 46:12 Let not the swift flee away,
nor the mighty man escape;
they will stumble and fall
towards the north by the River Euphrates.
7#Jer 47:2; Isa 8:7–8 Who is this that comes up as the Nile,
whose waters surge about as the rivers?
8Egypt rises up like the Nile,
and his waters surge about like the rivers.
And he has said, I will go up and will cover the land.
I will surely destroy the city and its inhabitants.
9#Isa 66:19; Eze 27:10 Come up, O horses,
and rage, O chariots!
And let the mighty men come forth:
the Ethiopians and the Libyans who handle the shield,
and the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.
10#Joel 1:15; Dt 32:42 For this is the day of the Lord God of Hosts,
a day of vengeance, so that He may avenge Himself of His adversaries.
And the sword will devour;
and it will be satiated and made drunk with their blood;
for the Lord God of Hosts has a slaughter
in the north country by the River Euphrates.
11#Jer 8:22; Isa 47:1 Go up into Gilead and take balm,
O virgin daughter of Egypt;
in vain you shall use many medicines,
for you will not be cured.
12#Na 3:8–10; Isa 19:2 The nations have heard of your shame,
and your cry has filled the land;
for the mighty man has stumbled over the mighty,
and they both have fallen together.
Defeat of Egypt Foretold
13#Jer 43:10–13; 44:30The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, about Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon coming to strike the land of Egypt.
14#Jer 44:1; 46:10 Declare in Egypt and publish in Migdol,
and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes;
say, “Stand fast and prepare yourself,
for the sword will devour those about you.”
15#Isa 66:15–16; Ps 18:14 Why have your valiant men become prostrate?
They do not stand because the Lord has thrust them down.
16#Lev 26:36–37; Jer 51:9 He made many to fall.
Indeed, each one has fallen upon another.
Then they said, “Arise and let us go back
to our own people and to the land of our nativity,
away from the oppressing sword.”
17#Isa 19:11–16; Ex 15:9 They cried there,
“Pharaoh king of Egypt is a tumult.
He has let the time appointed pass by!”
18#Jer 48:15; Jos 19:22 As I live, says the King
whose name is the Lord of Hosts,
surely as Tabor is among the mountains,
and as Carmel by the sea, so he shall come.
19#Isa 20:4; Jer 48:18 O daughter dwelling in Egypt,
prepare your baggage for captivity,
for Memphis will become desolate,
it will even be burned down without an inhabitant.
20#Jer 47:2; Hos 10:11 Egypt is like a very fair heifer,
but destruction comes,
it comes out of the north.
21#2Ki 7:6; Jer 46:5 Also her mercenaries are in her midst
like fat bulls,
for they also have turned back and have fled away together.
They did not stand their ground
because the day of their calamity has come upon them,
even the time of their punishment.
22#Isa 14:8; 29:4 Its sound goes along like a serpent,
for they march on as an army,
and come against her with axes,
as choppers of wood.
23#Jdg 7:12; 6:5 They have cut down her forest,
says the Lord.
Surely it will not be found any more,
even though they are now more numerous than the grasshoppers,
and are innumerable.
24#Jer 1:15 The daughter of Egypt has been humiliated;
she has been delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
25#Ex 12:12; Isa 20:5–6The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: See, I will punish Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods and their kings, even Pharaoh and all those who trust in him. 26#Jer 44:30; Eze 32:11And I shall 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. But afterwards it will be inhabited, as in the days of old, says the Lord.
God Will Save Israel
27#Isa 43:5; Jer 30:10–11 But do not fear, O My servant Jacob,
and do not be dismayed, O Israel.
For I will save you from afar off,
and your seed from the land of their captivity;
and Jacob shall return and be in rest and at ease,
and no one shall make him afraid.
28#Jer 4:27; 10:24 Do not fear, 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.
However, I will not make a full end of you,
but correct you in measure,
and I will not leave you wholly unpunished.
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