Jeremiah 46:13-26 - The Coming Of Nebuchadnezzar
13 This is the word the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to defeat the land of Egypt:
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Proclaim it in Memphis and in Tahpanhes!
Say: Take positions! Prepare yourself,
for the sword devours all around you.
Each has not stood,
for the Lord has thrust him down.
Indeed, each falls over the other.
They say, “Get up! Let’s return to our people
and to the land of our birth,
away from the sword that oppresses.”
“Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise;
he let the opportune moment pass.”
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this is the King’s declaration;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.
He will come like Tabor among the mountains
and like Carmel by the sea.
inhabitant of Daughter Egypt!
For Memphis will become a desolation,
uninhabited ruins.
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but a horsefly from the north is coming against her.
are like stall-fed calves.
They too will turn back;
together they will flee;
they will not take their stand,
for the day of their calamity is coming on them,
the time of their punishment.
for the enemy will come with an army;
with axes they will come against her
like those who cut trees.
this is the Lord’s declaration—
though it is dense,
for they are more numerous than locusts;
they cannot be counted.
handed over to a northern people.
25 The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to punish Amon, god of Thebes,
This is the Lord’s declaration.