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1031 Foretell defeat for Egypt and her gods JEREMIAH 46:9-25
shall go up. I shall cover the
earth. I shall readily destroy the
city and those inhabiting it.’ a
9 Go up, O YOU horses; and drive
madly, O YOU chariots! And let
the mighty men go forth, Cush b
and Put, c who are handling the
shield, and the Ludim, d who are
handling and treading the bow.
10 “And that day belongs to
the Sovereign Lord, Jehovah of
armies, the day of vengeance for
avenging himself upon his adversaries.
e Andtheswordwillcertainly
devour and satisfy itself
and take its fill of their blood,
for the Sovereign f Lord, Jehovah
of armies, has a sacrifice g in the
land of the north by the river Euphrates.
h
11 “Go up to Gile·ad and get
some balsam, i O virgin daughter
of Egypt. j In vain you have multiplied
the means of healing. There
is no mending for you. k 12 The
nations have heard your dishonor
l and your own outcry has filled
the land. m For they have stumbled,
mighty man against mighty
man. n Together they have fallen
down, both of them.”
13 The word that Jehovah
spoke to Jeremiah the prophet
as regards the coming of Neb·uchad·rezzar
the king of Babylon
to strike down the land of Egypt: o
14 “Tell it in Egypt, O men, and
publish it in Migdol, p and publish
it in Noph q and in Tahpanhes.
r Say, ‘Station yourself, making
preparation also for yourself, s
for a sword will certainly devour
all around you. t 15 Why is
it that your powerful ones have
been washed away? u They have
made no stand, for Jehovah himself
has pushed them away. v
16 In great numbers they are
stumbling. They also actually
fall. And they keep saying one to
the other: “Do rise up, and do let
us return to our people and to
the land of our relatives because
of the maltreating sword.” ’
17 There they have proclaimed,
CHAP. 46
a 2Ch 35:20
b Ge 10:6
1Ch 1:8
c Eze 27:10
Eze 38:5
Na 3:9
d Ge 10:13
1Ch 1:11
Isa 66:19
Eze 30:5
e Isa 13:6
Joe 1:15
Joe 2:1
Zep 1:14
f Ps 141:8
g De 32:42
Isa 34:6
Eze 39:17
Zep 1:7
h 2Ki 24:7
i Ge 37:25
Jer 8:22
Jer 51:8
j Isa 47:1
Jer 14:17
k Jer 30:12
Eze 30:21
l Eze 32:9
m Jer 49:21
n Isa 19:2
o Jer 43:10
Eze 29:19
Eze 30:10
p Jer 44:1
Eze 29:10
Eze 30:6
q Isa 19:13
Jer 2:16
Ho 9:6
r Jer 43:7
Eze 30:18
s Jer 6:4
Joe 3:9
t Isa 34:6
Jer 2:30
Jer 12:12
Jer 46:10
u Ex 15:10
Jg 5:21
Ps 18:4
v Ps 18:14
Ps 44:2
Ps 68:2
Second Col.
a 1Ki 20:11
Pr 12:24
Ec 3:8
b Eze 29:3
c Isa 48:2
Jer 44:26
Jer 48:15
Mal 1:14
d Jos 19:22
Jg 4:6
Ps 89:12
e 1Ki 18:42
f Eze 12:3
g Jer 48:18
h Jer 44:1
i Eze 32:15
Zep 2:5
j Jer 1:14
Jer 47:2
k Jer 50:27
l Jer 46:5
m Jer 46:15
n Ps 37:13
o Isa 29:4
p Eze 20:46
‘Pharaoh the king of Egypt is a
mere noise. a He has let the festal
time pass by.’ b
18 “ ‘As I am alive,’ is the utterance
of the King, whose name
is Jehovah of armies, c ‘like Tabor
d among the mountains and
like Carmel e by the sea he will
come in. 19 Make for yourself
mere baggage for exile, f Oinhabitress,
the daughter g of Egypt.
For Noph h itself will become a
mere object of astonishment and
will actually be set afire, so
as to be without an inhabitant. i
20 Egyptisasaveryprettyheifer.
From the north a mosquito
itself will certainly come
against her. j 21 Furthermore,
her hired soldiers in the midst of
her are like fattened calves. k But
they themselves also have given
way; l they have fled together.Theyhavenotmadeastand.
m
For the very day of their disaster
has come in upon them, the time
of their being given attention.’ n
22 “ ‘Her voice is like that of a
serpent that goes along; o for with
vital energy men will go, and
with axes they will actually come
in to her, like those who are gathering
pieces of wood. 23 They
will certainly cut down her forest,’
p is the utterance of Jehovah,
‘for it could not be penetrated.
For they have become
more numerous than the locust,
q and they are without number.
24 The daughter r of Egypt
will certainly feel shame. She will
actually be given into the hand of
the people of the north.’ s
25 “Jehovah of armies, the
God of Israel, has said, ‘Here I
am turning my attention upon
Amon t from No u and upon
Pharaoh and upon Egypt and
upon her gods v and upon her
kings, w even upon Pharaoh and
upon all those trusting in him.’ x
q Jg 6:5; Jg 7:12; Na 3:17; r Jer 46:11; s Jer 1:15;
Jer 47:2; Eze 30:10; t Na 3:8; u Eze 30:14; v Ex
12:12; Isa 19:1; Jer 43:13; w 2Ki 7:6; x Isa 20:5; Isa
30:2; Isa 31:1; Jer 17:5; Jer 42:14.