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Jeremiah 46:2-9
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Jeremiah 46:2-9
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2 Concerning Egypt:(A)
This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho(B) king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish(C) on the Euphrates(D) River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim(E) son of Josiah king of Judah:
3 “Prepare your shields,(F) both large and small,
and march out for battle!
4 Harness the horses,
mount the steeds!
Take your positions
with helmets on!
Polish(G) your spears,
put on your armor!(H)
5 What do I see?
They are terrified,
they are retreating,
their warriors are defeated.
They flee(I) in haste
without looking back,
and there is terror(J) on every side,”
declares the Lord.
6 “The swift cannot flee(K)
nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates(L)
they stumble and fall.(M)
7 “Who is this that rises like the Nile,
like rivers of surging waters?(N)
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,(O)
like rivers of surging waters.
She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;
I will destroy cities and their people.’(P)
9 Charge, you horses!
Drive furiously, you charioteers!(Q)
March on, you warriors—men of Cush[a](R) and Put who carry shields,
men of Lydia(S) who draw the bow.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 46:9 That is, the upper Nile region
Jeremiah 46:2-9
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Jeremiah 46:2-9
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2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho 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.
3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord.
6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
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Ezekiel 30:5-9
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Ezekiel 30:5-9
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5 Cush and Libya,(A) Lydia and all Arabia,(B) Kub and the people(C) of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.(D)
6 “‘This is what the Lord says:
“‘The allies of Egypt will fall
and her proud strength will fail.
From Migdol to Aswan(E)
they will fall by the sword within her,
declares the Sovereign Lord.
7 “‘They will be desolate
among desolate lands,
and their cities will lie
among ruined cities.(F)
8 Then they will know that I am the Lord,
when I set fire(G) to Egypt
and all her helpers are crushed.(H)
9 “‘On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten Cush(I) out of her complacency. Anguish(J) will take hold of them on the day of Egypt’s doom, for it is sure to come.(K)
Ezekiel 30:5-9
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Ezekiel 30:5-9
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5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
6 Thus saith the Lord; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord God.
7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
8 And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
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