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The word of Jehovah was to Jeremiah◦ the prophet against the nations;
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for Egypt, against the host of Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt, which was by◦ the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah◦ king of Judah.
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Arrange ye the shield and the buckler, and approach to the battle.
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Harness the horses; and go··up, ye horsemen, and stand··forth with your helmets; scour the lances, and put on the sirons*.
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Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned··away backward? And their heroes are beaten··down, and fleeing have fled, and faced them not; for fear◦ was all around, says◦ Jehovah.
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Let not the swift flee, nor the mighty··man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the hand* of the river Euphrates.
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Who is this that goes··up as the Nile, whose waters tumble as rivers?
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Egypt goes··up as the Nile, and his waters tumble as the rivers; and he says, I will go··up, I will cover the land; I will make· the city and those who dwell in her ·perish.
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Go··up, ye horses; and rave, ye chariots; and let the heroes go··forth; Kush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Lydians, who handle and bend◦ the bow.
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And this◦ is the day for the Lord Jehovih* of Armies, a day of vengeance, that He may be avenged of His adversaries. And the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and soaked* with their blood; for the Lord Jehovih of Armies sacrifices in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
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Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt; in vain shalt thou multiply medicines; there is no cure for thee.
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The nations have heard of thy disgrace, and thy clamor has··filled the land; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.
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The word that Jehovah spoke to▵ Jeremiah◦ the prophet, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon would come and smite the land of Egypt.
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Tell ye in Egypt, and make it heard in Migdol, and make it heard in Noph and in Taḥpanḥes; say ye, Stand··forth, and prepare for thyself; for the sword shall devour all around thee.
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Wherefore are thy powerful··ones swept··away◦? He stood not, for Jehovah did push· him ·out.
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He made those who stumble many, yea, a man◦ fell upon his companion; and they said, Arise, and let us return to our people, and to the land of our birth, from the faces of the afflicting◦ sword.
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They did call there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but an uproar; he has passed the time appointed.
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As I am alive, says◦ the King, whose name is Jehovah of Armies, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
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Make for thyself vessels of exile, O daughter who dwells in Egypt; for Noph shall be for a desolation, and be kindled with fire from none dwelling there.
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Egypt is a very··beautiful heifer, but from the north disaster comes; it comes.
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Also her hirelings are in among her as calves of the stall; for they also are faced back, and are fled away together; they did not stand, for the day of their downfall had come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
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Her voice shall go as a serpent; for they shall go with a host, and come to her with axes◦, as hewers of wood.
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They shall cut··off her forest, says◦ Jehovah, for it is not searched··out; for they are multiplied more than the locusts, and there is no number for them.
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The daughter of Egypt shall be shamed; she shall be given into the hand of the people of the north.
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Jehovah of Armies, the God of Israel, says, Behold, I will visit Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, and her gods, and her kings; even◦ Pharaoh and those who trust in him;
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and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their souls, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the ancient days, says◦ Jehovah.
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But fear not thou, O My servant Jacob, and be· not ·dismayed, O Israel; for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be··quiet and be··at··ease, and none shall frighten him.
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Fear thou◦ not, Jacob My servant, says◦ Jehovah; for I◦ am with◦ thee; for I will make a complete end of all the nations whither I have expelled thee; but I will not make a complete end of thee, but chastise thee for the judgment; but rendering··innocent I will not render· thee ·innocent
