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Jeremiah 46:1 (show verse)
The word of Yahweh which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 46:2 (show verse)
Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
Jeremiah 46:3 (show verse)
Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!
Jeremiah 46:4 (show verse)
Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
Armor » The equipment of a soldier
military Arms » Before using » Burnished
military Arms » For sieges: » Put on at the first alarm
Brigandine » A coat of mail
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Armies destroyed by babylon
Euphrates » Pharaoh-necho, king of egypt, made conquest to
Horse » Harness for
Spears » Furbished before war
military Arms » Before using » Burnished
military Arms » For sieges: » Put on at the first alarm
Brigandine » A coat of mail
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Armies destroyed by babylon
Euphrates » Pharaoh-necho, king of egypt, made conquest to
Horse » Harness for
Spears » Furbished before war
Jeremiah 46:5 (show verse)
Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and don't look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 46:6 (show verse)
Don't let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
Jeremiah 46:7 (show verse)
Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
Jeremiah 46:8 (show verse)
Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and its inhabitants.
Jeremiah 46:9 (show verse)
Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
Archery » Practiced by the lydians
the Bow » Used expertly by » Lydians
Chariot » For war
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Armies destroyed by babylon
Ethiopia » Warriors of
Euphrates » Pharaoh-necho, king of egypt, made conquest to
Libyans » The inhabitants of libya
Ludim » Descendants of ludim » Warriors
Phut » The descendants of phut, or the country inhabited by them » Margin
the Bow » Used expertly by » Lydians
Chariot » For war
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Armies destroyed by babylon
Ethiopia » Warriors of
Euphrates » Pharaoh-necho, king of egypt, made conquest to
Libyans » The inhabitants of libya
Ludim » Descendants of ludim » Warriors
Phut » The descendants of phut, or the country inhabited by them » Margin
Jeremiah 46:10 (show verse)
For that day is [a day] of the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Jeremiah 46:11 (show verse)
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many medicines; there is no healing for you.
Jeremiah 46:12 (show verse)
The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.
Jeremiah 46:13 (show verse)
The word that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt.
Jeremiah 46:14 (show verse)
Declare in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say, Stand forth, and prepare; for the sword has devoured around you.
Jeremiah 46:15 (show verse)
Why are your strong ones swept away? they didn't stand, because Yahweh did drive them.
Jeremiah 46:16 (show verse)
He made many to stumble, yes, they fell one on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.
Jeremiah 46:17 (show verse)
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.
Jeremiah 46:18 (show verse)
As I live, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
Jeremiah 46:19 (show verse)
You daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 46:20 (show verse)
Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; [but] destruction out of the north is come, it is come.
Jeremiah 46:21 (show verse)
Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they didn't stand: for the day of their calamity is come on them, the time of their visitation.
Jeremiah 46:22 (show verse)
The sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.
Jeremiah 46:23 (show verse)
They shall cut down her forest, says Yahweh, though it can't be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
Jeremiah 46:24 (show verse)
The daughter of Egypt shall be disappointed; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
Jeremiah 46:25 (show verse)
Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him:
Jeremiah 46:26 (show verse)
and I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 46:27 (show verse)
But don't you be afraid, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 46:28 (show verse)
Don't you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; for I am with you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.