Jeremiah 46:13-26
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:(A)
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Why have your strong ones been swept away?
Each has not stood,
for the Lord has thrust him down.
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17 Each has not stood,
for the Lord has thrust him down.
There they will cry out,
“Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise;
he let the opportune moment pass.”
“Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise;
he let the opportune moment pass.”
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As I live—
this is the King’s declaration;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.(F)
He will come like Tabor among the mountains
and like Carmel by the sea.
19 this is the King’s declaration;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.(F)
He will come like Tabor among the mountains
and like Carmel by the sea.
Get your bags ready for exile,
inhabitant of Daughter Egypt!(G)
For Memphis will become a desolation,
uninhabited ruins.
inhabitant of Daughter Egypt!(G)
For Memphis will become a desolation,
uninhabited ruins.
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Even her mercenaries among 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.(J)
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23 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.(J)
They will cut down her forest—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
though it is dense,
for they are more numerous than locusts;
they cannot be counted.(L)
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this is the Lord’s declaration—
though it is dense,
for they are more numerous than locusts;
they cannot be counted.(L)
25 The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to punish Amon, god of Thebes,(N) along with Pharaoh, Egypt, her gods, and her kings—Pharaoh and those trusting in him.
26 I will hand them over to those who want to take their lives(O)—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this,(P) it will be inhabited again as in ancient times.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Footnotes:
a.
Jeremiah 46:20: Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read is coming, coming
b.
Jeremiah 46:22: Lit Her sound, she will go like a snake