The word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} which came to Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet{H5030} concerning the nations.{H1471}

Of Egypt:{H4714} concerning the army{H2428} of Pharaoh-neco{H6549} king{H4428} of Egypt,{H4714} which was by the river{H5104} Euphrates{H6578} in Carchemish,{H3751} which Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} smote{H5221} in the fourth{H7243} year{H8141} of Jehoiakim{H3079} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah.{H3063}

Prepare{H6186} ye the buckler{H4043} and shield,{H6793} and draw near{H5066} to battle.{H4421}

Harness{H631} the horses,{H5483} and get up,{H5927} ye horsemen,{H6571} and stand forth{H3320} with your helmets;{H3553} furbish{H4838} the spears,{H7420} put on{H3847} the coats{H5630} of mail.

Wherefore have I seen{H7200} it? they are dismayed{H2844} and are turned{H5472} backward;{H268} and their mighty ones{H1368} are beaten down,{H3807} and are fled{H5127} apace,{H4498} and look not back:{H6437} terror{H4032} is on every side,{H5439} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

Let not the swift{H7031} flee away,{H5127} nor the mighty man{H1368} escape;{H4422} in the north{H6828} by{H3027} the river{H5104} Euphrates{H6578} have they stumbled{H3782} and fallen.{H5307}

Who is this that riseth up{H5927} like the Nile,{H2975} whose waters{H4325} toss{H1607} themselves like the rivers?{H5104}

Egypt{H4714} riseth up{H5927} like the Nile,{H2975} and his waters{H4325} toss{H1607} themselves like the rivers:{H5104} and he saith,{H559} I will rise up,{H5927} I will cover{H3680} the earth;{H776} I will destroy{H6} cities{H5892} and the inhabitants{H3427} thereof.

Go up,{H5927} ye horses;{H5483} and rage,{H1984} ye chariots;{H7393} and let the mighty men{H1368} go forth:{H3318} Cush{H3568} and Put,{H6316} that handle{H8610} the shield;{H4043} and the Ludim,{H3866} that handle{H8610} and bend{H1869} the bow.{H7198}

For that day is [a day]{H3117} of the Lord,{H136} Jehovah{H136} of hosts,{H6635} a day{H3117} of vengeance,{H5360} that he may avenge{H5358} him of his adversaries:{H6862} and the sword{H2719} shall devour{H398} and be satiate,{H7646} and shall drink{H7301} its fill of their blood;{H1818} for the Lord,{H136} Jehovah{H3069} of hosts,{H6635} hath a sacrifice{H2077} in the north{H6828} country{H776} by the river{H5104} Euphrates.{H6578}

Go up{H5927} into Gilead,{H1568} and take{H3947} balm,{H6875} O virgin{H1330} daughter{H1323} of Egypt:{H4714} in vain{H7723} dost thou use many{H7235} medicines;{H7499} there is no healing{H8585} for thee.

The nations{H1471} have heard{H8085} of thy shame,{H7036} and the earth{H776} is full of thy cry;{H6682} for the mighty{H1368} man{H1368} hath stumbled{H3782} against the mighty,{H1368} they are fallen{H5307} both{H8147} of them together.{H3162}

The word{H1697} that Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} to Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet,{H5030} how that Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} should come{H935} and smite{H5221} the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

Declare{H5046} ye in Egypt,{H4714} and publish{H8085} in Migdol,{H4024} and publish{H8085} in Memphis{H5297} and in Tahpanhes:{H8471} say{H559} ye, Stand forth,{H3320} and prepare{H3559} thee; for the sword{H2719} hath devoured{H398} round about{H5439} thee.

Why are thy strong{H47} ones swept away?{H5502} they stood{H5975} not, because Jehovah{H3068} did drive{H1920} them.

He made many{H7235} to stumble,{H3782} yea, they fell{H5307} one{H376} upon another:{H7453} and they said,{H559} Arise,{H6965} and let us go again{H7725} to our own people,{H5971} and to the land{H776} of our nativity,{H4138} from{H6440} the oppressing{H3238} sword.{H2719}

They cried{H7121} there, Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} is but a noise;{H7588} he hath let the appointed{H4150} time pass{H5674} by.

As I live,{H2416} saith{H5002} the King,{H4428} whose name{H8034} is Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} surely like Tabor{H8396} among the mountains,{H2022} and like Carmel{H3760} by the sea,{H3220} so shall he come.{H935}

O thou daughter{H1323} that dwellest{H3427} in Egypt,{H4714} furnish{H6213} thyself to go into captivity;{H3627} for Memphis{H5297} shall become a desolation,{H8047} and shall be burnt{H3341} up, without inhabitant.{H3427}

Egypt{H4714} is a very fair{H3304} heifer;{H5697} [but] destruction{H7171} out{H935} of the north{H6828} is come,{H935} it is come.

Also her hired men{H7916} in the midst{H7130} of her are like calves{H5695} of the stall;{H4770} for they also are turned back,{H6437} they are fled away{H5127} together,{H3162} they did not stand:{H5975} for the day{H3117} of their calamity{H343} is come{H935} upon them, the time{H6256} of their visitation.{H6486}

The sound{H6963} thereof shall go{H3212} like the serpent;{H5175} for they shall march{H3212} with an army,{H2428} and come{H935} against her with axes,{H7134} as hewers{H2404} of wood.{H6086}

They shall cut down{H3772} her forest,{H3293} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} though it cannot be searched;{H2713} because they are more{H7231} than the locusts,{H697} and are innumerable.{H369}

The daughter{H1323} of Egypt{H4714} shall be put to shame;{H3001} she shall be delivered{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the people{H5971} of the north.{H6828}

Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} saith:{H559} Behold, I will punish{H6485} Amon{H527} of No,{H4996} and Pharaoh,{H6547} and Egypt,{H4714} with her gods,{H430} and her kings;{H4428} even Pharaoh,{H6547} and them that trust{H982} in him:

and I will deliver{H5414} them into the hand{H3027} of those that seek{H1245} their lives,{H5315} and into the hand{H3027} of Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and into the hand{H3027} of his servants;{H5650} and afterwards{H310} it shall be inhabited,{H7931} as in the days{H3117} of old,{H6924} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

But fear{H3372} not thou, O Jacob{H3290} my servant,{H5650} neither be dismayed,{H2865} O Israel:{H3478} for, lo, I will save{H3467} thee from afar,{H7350} and thy seed{H2233} from the land{H776} of their captivity;{H7628} and Jacob{H3290} shall return,{H7725} and shall be quiet{H8252} and at ease,{H7599} and none shall make him afraid.{H2729}

Fear{H3372} not thou, O Jacob{H3290} my servant,{H5650} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} for I am with thee: for I will make{H6213} a full end{H3617} of all the nations{H1471} whither I have driven{H5080} thee; but I will not make{H6213} a full end{H3617} of thee, but I will correct{H3256} thee in measure,{H4941} and will in no wise{H5352} leave thee unpunished.{H5352}