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And here is what the Lord told me to say about the Egyptian army:3It's time to go into battle!So grab your shields,4saddle your horses,and polish your spears.Put on your helmets and armor,then take your positions.5I can see the battle now—you are defeatedand running away,never once looking back.Terror is all around.6You are strong and run fast,but you can't escape.You fall in battlenear the Euphrates River.7What nation is this,that rises like the Nile Riveroverflowing its banks?8It is Egypt, rising with a roarlike a raging riverand saying,“I'll flood the earth,destroying cities, and killingeveryone in them.”9Go ahead, Egypt.Tell your chariots and cavalryto attack and fight hard.Order your troops to march out,with Ethiopians<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.46.9!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> and Libyanscarrying shields,and the Lydians<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.46.9!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> armed with bowsand arrows.10But the Lord All-Powerfulwill win this battleand take revengeon his enemies.His sword will eat themand drink their blooduntil it is full.They will be killed in the northnear the Euphrates River,as a sacrifice to the Lord.11Egypt, no medicine can heal you,not even the soothing lotionfrom Gilead.12All nations have heard you weep;you are disgraced,and they know it.Your troops fall to the ground,stumbling over each other.<h3 class="s1">A Warning for Egypt</h3>13-14<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.46.13-Jer.46.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> When King Nebuchadnezzar<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.46.13-Jer.46.14!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> of Babylonia was on his way to attack Egypt, the Lord sent me with a warning for every Egyptian town, but especially for Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes. He said to tell them:Prepare to defend yourselves!Everywhere in your nation,people are dying in war.15I have struck downyour mighty god Apis<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.46.15!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> and chased him away.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.46.15!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 16Your soldiers stumbleover each otherand say, “Get up!The enemy will kill us,unless we can escapeto our own land.”17Give the king of Egyptthis new name,“Talks-Big-Does-Nothing.”18Egypt, I am the true king,the Lord All-Powerful,and as surely as I live,those enemies who attackwill tower over youlike Mount Tabor among the hillsor Mount Carmel by the sea.19You will be led away captive,so pack a few thingsto bring with you.Your capital, Memphis,will lie empty and in ruins.20An enemy from the northwill attack you, beautiful Egypt,like a fly biting a cow.21The foreign soldiers you hiredwill turn and run.But they are doomed,like well-fed calvesbeing led to the butcher.* 22The enemy army will go forwardlike a swarm of locusts.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.46.22!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> Your troops will feel helpless,like a snake in a forest23when men with axesstart chopping down trees.It can only hissand try to escape.24Your people will be disgracedand captured by the enemyfrom the north.25I am the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel. Soon I will punish the god Amon of Thebes<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.46.25!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> and the other Egyptian gods, the Egyptian kings, the people of Egypt, and everyone who trusts in the Egyptian power. 26I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar and his army. But I also promise that Egypt will someday have people living here again, just as it had before. I, the Lord, have spoken.<h3 class="s1">The Lord Will Bring Israel Home</h3><h5 class="sp">The Lord said:</h5>27<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.46.27!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Israel,<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.46.27!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> don't be afraid.Someday I will bring you homefrom foreign lands.You and your descendantswill live in peace and safety,with nothing to fear.28So don't be afraid,even though nowyou deserve to be punishedand have been scatteredamong other nations.But when I destroy them,I will protect you.I, the Lord, have spoken.</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">46.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Jehoiakim: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 1.3.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">46.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">King Nebuchadnezzar: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Ruled 605–562 <char style="sc">b.c.</char> At the time of the battle in 605 <char style="sc">b.c.</char>, he was crown prince, but his father died a few months later, and he became king.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">46.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">King Neco of Egypt: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Neco II, ruled 609–594 <char style="sc">b.c.</char></char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">46.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Ethiopians: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 38.7,8.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">46.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Lydians: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probably hired soldiers from Lydia, an area in west-central Asia minor.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">46.13,14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Nebuchadnezzar: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 21.2.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">46.15 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Apis: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A sacred bull, kept in a temple at Memphis, Egypt, and worshiped as a god.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">46.15 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I have … him away: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">46.22 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">locusts: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A type of grasshopper that comes in swarms and causes great damage to plant life.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">46.25 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the god Amon of Thebes: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Amon was the king of the Egyptian gods and was the special god of the Egyptian kings.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">46.27 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Israel: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 30.10.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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