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Now this was the army that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Fall into ranks with your shields ready!</p><p class="poetry2">Prepare to march into battle!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Harness the horses to the chariots!</p><p class="poetry2">Mount your horses!</p><p class="poetry2">Put on your helmets and take your positions!</p><p class="poetry2">Sharpen you spears!</p><p class="poetry2">Put on your armor!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>What do I see?” says the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>.</p><p class="poetry2">“The soldiers are terrified.</p><p class="poetry2">They are retreating.</p><p class="poetry2">They have been defeated.</p><p class="poetry2">They are overcome with terror;</p><p class="poetry2">they desert quickly</p><p class="poetry2">without looking back.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But even the swiftest cannot get away.</p><p class="poetry2">Even the strongest cannot escape.</p><p class="poetry2">There in the north by the Euphrates River</p><p class="poetry2">they stumble and fall in defeat.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Who is this that rises like the Nile,</p><p class="poetry2">like its streams turbulent at flood stage?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Egypt rises like the Nile,</p><p class="poetry2">like its streams turbulent at flood stage.</p><p class="poetry2">Egypt says, ‘I will arise and cover the earth.</p><p class="poetry2">I will destroy cities and the people who inhabit them.’</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Go ahead and charge into battle, you horsemen!</p><p class="poetry2">Drive furiously, you charioteers!</p><p class="poetry2">Let the soldiers march out into battle,</p><p class="poetry2">those from Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields,</p><p class="poetry2">and those from Lydia who are armed with the bow.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But that day belongs to the Lord God who rules over all.</p><p class="poetry2">It is the day when he will pay back his enemies.</p><p class="poetry2">His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied!</p><p class="poetry2">It will drink their blood until it is full!</p><p class="poetry2">For the Lord <span class="smallcaps">God</span> who rules over all will offer them up as a sacrifice</p><p class="poetry2">in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Go up to Gilead and get medicinal ointment,</p><p class="poetry2">you dear poor people of Egypt.</p><p class="poetry2">But it will prove useless no matter how much medicine you use;</p><p class="poetry2">there will be no healing for you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The nations will hear of your devastating defeat.</p><p class="poetry2">your cries of distress will echo throughout the earth.</p><p class="poetry2">In the panic of their flight one soldier will trip over another</p><p class="poetry2">and both of them will fall down defeated.”</p> <p class="title">The Lord Predicts that Nebuchadnezzar Will Attack and Plunder Egypt</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about Nebuchadnezzar coming to attack the land of Egypt.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Make an announcement throughout Egypt.</p><p class="poetry2">Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes.</p><p class="poetry2">‘Take your positions and prepare to do battle.</p><p class="poetry2">For the enemy army is destroying all the nations around you.’</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Why will your soldiers be defeated?</p><p class="poetry2">They will not stand because I, the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, will thrust them down.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I will make many stumble.</p><p class="poetry2">They will fall over one another in their hurry to flee.</p><p class="poetry2">They will say, ‘Get up!</p><p class="poetry2">Let’s go back to our own people.</p><p class="poetry2">Let’s go back to our homelands</p><p class="poetry2">because the enemy is coming to destroy us.’</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>There at home they will say, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is just a big noise!</p><p class="poetry2">He has let the most opportune moment pass by.’</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I the King, whose name is the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> who rules over all, swear this:</p><p class="poetry2">I swear as surely as I live that a conqueror is coming.</p><p class="poetry2">He will be as imposing as Mount Tabor is among the mountains,</p><p class="poetry2">as Mount Carmel is against the backdrop of the sea.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Pack your bags for exile,</p><p class="poetry2">you inhabitants of poor dear Egypt.</p><p class="poetry2">For Memphis will be laid waste.</p><p class="poetry2">It will lie in ruins and be uninhabited.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Egypt is like a beautiful young cow.</p><p class="poetry2">But northern armies will attack her like swarms of stinging flies.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Even her mercenaries</p><p class="poetry2">will prove to be like pampered, well-fed calves.</p><p class="poetry2">For they too will turn and run away.</p><p class="poetry2">They will not stand their ground</p><p class="poetry2">when the time for them to be destroyed comes,</p><p class="poetry2">the time for them to be punished.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Egypt will run away, hissing like a snake,</p><p class="poetry2">as the enemy comes marching up in force.</p><p class="poetry2">They will come against her with axes</p><p class="poetry2">as if they were woodsmen chopping down trees.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The population of Egypt is like a vast, impenetrable forest.</p><p class="poetry2">But I, the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, affirm that the enemy will cut them down.</p><p class="poetry2">For those who chop them down will be more numerous than locusts.</p><p class="poetry2">They will be too numerous to count.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Poor dear Egypt will be put to shame.</p><p class="poetry2">She will be handed over to the people from the north.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> God of Israel who rules over all says, “I will punish Amon, the god of Thebes. I will punish Egypt, its gods, and its kings. I will punish Pharaoh and all who trust in him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I will hand them over to Nebuchadnezzar and his troops, who want to kill them. But later on, people will live in Egypt again as they did in former times. I, the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, affirm it!”</p> <p class="title">A Promise of Hope for Israel</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“You descendants of Jacob, my servants, do not be afraid;</p><p class="poetry2">do not be terrified, people of Israel.</p><p class="poetry2">For I will rescue you and your descendants</p><p class="poetry2">from the faraway lands where you are captives.</p><p class="poetry2">The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace.</p><p class="poetry2">They will be secure and no one will terrify them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>I, the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, tell you not to be afraid,</p><p class="poetry2">you descendants of Jacob, my servant,</p><p class="poetry2">for I am with you.</p><p class="poetry2">Though I completely destroy all the nations where I scatter you,</p><p class="poetry2">I will not completely destroy you.</p><p class="poetry2">I will indeed discipline you but only in due measure.</p><p class="poetry2">I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished.”</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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