THE
BOOK OF JEREMIAH
Jeremiah Chapter 46
1 ¶ The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet
about the nations;
2 About Egypt, and
the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, that was by the river Euphrates at
Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
3 Get ready with
your small and large shields, and advance into battle.
4 Harness the
horses; and mount up, you horsemen, and stand ready with your helmets;
polish the spears, and put on the armor.
5 Why do I see them
dismayed and in retreat? with their mighty ones
beaten down, and fleeing in haste, without looking back: because terror is
on every side, says the LORD.
6 Do not let the
swift get away, or the mighty man escape; they will stumble, and fall in the
north by the river
7 Who is this
who rises like a flood, like streams and their surging waters?
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9 Go up, you horses;
and drive furiously, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth; the
Ethiopians and the Libyans, who handle the shield; and the Lydians, who handle and
bend the bow.
10 For this is
the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge
himself on his adversaries: and the sword will devour, until it is satisfied
and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of armies will make a
sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
11 Go up to
12 ¶ The nations have heard of your shame, and your cry has
filled the land: for one mighty man stumbled over another, and they have
both fallen together.
13 The word that the
LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, concerning how Nebuchadrezzar the
king of
14 Proclaim it in
15 Why is your
bull-god lying on the ground? he does not stand,
because the LORD has pushed him down.
16 He made many
stumble, yea, they fell over each other: and each said, Get up, and let us
return to our own people, and to the land of our birth, away from the oppressors sword.
17 There they cried
out, Pharaoh king of
18 As I live,
says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts,
he will come as surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and
19 O daughter dwelling in
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21 And the mercenary
soldiers in her midst are like fat calves; for they have all turned back, and
run away together: they did not stand, because the day of their doom had
arrived, and the time of their punishment.
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23 They will cut
down her forest, says the LORD, though it is dense; because they are more
numerous than locusts, and cannot be counted.
24 The daughter of
25 The LORD of
armies, the God of Israel, says; Know that I will
punish Amon god of
26 And I will
deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar the king of
27 But do not be
afraid, O my servant Jacob, and do not be dismayed, O Israel: for, know that I
will bring you back from far away, and your seed from the land of their
captivity; and Jacob will return, and have calm and quiet, and no one will make
him afraid.
28 Do not be afraid,
O Jacob my servant, says the LORD: for I am with you; and I will
completely destroy all the nations where I have driven you: but I will not
completely destroy you, I will correct you in justice; but I will not let you
go unpunished.