The word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} which came to Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet{H5030} against the Gentiles{H1471};

Against Egypt{H4714}, against the army{H2428} of Pharaohnecho{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}{(H8689)} in the fourth{H7243} year{H8141} of Jehoiakim{H3079} the son{H1121} of Josiah{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}.

Order{H6186}{(H8798)} ye the buckler{H4043} and shield{H6793}, and draw near{H5066}{(H8798)} to battle{H4421}.

Harness{H631}{(H8798)} the horses{H5483}; and get up{H5927}{(H8798)}, ye horsemen{H6571}, and stand forth{H3320}{(H8690)} with your helmets{H3553}; furbish{H4838}{(H8798)} the spears{H7420}, and put on{H3847}{(H8798)} the brigandines{H5630}.

Wherefore have I seen{H7200}{(H8804)} them dismayed{H2844} and turned{H5472}{(H8737)} away back{H268}? and their mighty ones{H1368} are beaten down{H3807}{(H8714)}, and are fled{H5127}{(H8804)} apace{H4498}, and look not back{H6437}{(H8689)}: for fear{H4032} was round about{H5439}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.

Let not the swift{H7031} flee away{H5127}{(H8799)}, nor the mighty man{H1368} escape{H4422}{(H8735)}; they shall stumble{H3782}{(H8804)}, and fall{H5307}{(H8804)} toward the north{H6828} by{H3027} the river{H5104} Euphrates{H6578}.

Who is this that cometh up{H5927}{(H8799)} as a flood{H2975}, whose waters{H4325} are moved{H1607}{(H8691)} as the rivers{H5104}?

Egypt{H4714} riseth up{H5927}{(H8799)} like a flood{H2975}, and his waters{H4325} are moved{H1607}{(H8704)} like the rivers{H5104}; and he saith{H559}{(H8799)}, I will go up{H5927}{(H8799)}, and will cover{H3680}{(H8762)} the earth{H776}; I will destroy{H6}{(H8686)} the city{H5892} and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof.

Come up{H5927}{(H8798)}, ye horses{H5483}; and rage{H1984}{(H8703)}, ye chariots{H7393}; and let the mighty men{H1368} come forth{H3318}{(H8799)}; the Ethiopians{H3568} and the Libyans{H6316}, that handle{H8610}{(H8802)} the shield{H4043}; and the Lydians{H3866}, that handle{H8610}{(H8802)} and bend{H1869}{(H8802)} the bow{H7198}.

For this is the day{H3117} of the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635}, a day{H3117} of vengeance{H5360}, that he may avenge{H5358}{(H8736)} him of his adversaries{H6862}: and the sword{H2719} shall devour{H398}{(H8804)}, and it shall be satiate{H7646}{(H8804)} and made drunk{H7301}{(H8804)} with their blood{H1818}: for the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635} hath a sacrifice{H2077} in the north{H6828} country{H776} by the river{H5104} Euphrates{H6578}.

Go up{H5927}{(H8798)} into Gilead{H1568}, and take{H3947}{(H8798)} balm{H6875}, O virgin{H1330}, the daughter{H1323} of Egypt{H4714}: in vain{H7723} shalt thou use many{H7235}{(H8689)} medicines{H7499}; for thou shalt not be cured{H8585}.

The nations{H1471} have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} of thy shame{H7036}, and thy cry{H6682} hath filled{H4390}{(H8804)} the land{H776}: for the mighty man{H1368} hath stumbled{H3782}{(H8804)} against the mighty{H1368}, and they are fallen{H5307}{(H8804)} both{H8147} together{H3162}.

The word{H1697} that the LORD{H3068} spake{H1696}{(H8765)} to Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet{H5030}, how Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} should come{H935}{(H8800)} and smite{H5221}{(H8687)} the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}.

Declare{H5046}{(H8685)} ye in Egypt{H4714}, and publish{H8085}{(H8685)} in Migdol{H4024}, and publish{H8085}{(H8685)} in Noph{H5297} and in Tahpanhes{H8471}: say{H559}{(H8798)} ye, Stand fast{H3320}{(H8690)}, and prepare{H3559}{(H8685)} thee; for the sword{H2719} shall devour{H398}{(H8804)} round about{H5439} thee.

Why are thy valiant{H47} men swept away{H5502}{(H8738)}? they stood{H5975}{(H8804)} not, because the LORD{H3068} did drive{H1920}{(H8804)} them.

He made many{H7235}{(H8689)} to fall{H3782}{(H8802)}, yea, one{H376} fell{H5307}{(H8804)} upon another{H7453}: and they said{H559}{(H8799)}, Arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, and let us go again{H7725}{(H8799)} to our own people{H5971}, and to the land{H776} of our nativity{H4138}, from{H6440} the oppressing{H3238}{(H8802)} sword{H2719}.

They did cry{H7121}{(H8804)} there, Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} is but a noise{H7588}; he hath passed{H5674}{(H8689)} the time appointed{H4150}.

As I live{H2416}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the King{H4428}, whose name{H8034} is the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, Surely as Tabor{H8396} is among the mountains{H2022}, and as Carmel{H3760} by the sea{H3220}, so shall he come{H935}{(H8799)}.

O thou daughter{H1323} dwelling{H3427}{(H8802)} in Egypt{H4714}, furnish{H6213}{(H8798)} thyself to go into captivity{H3627}{H1473}: for Noph{H5297} shall be waste{H8047} and desolate{H3341}{(H8738)} without an inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)}.

Egypt{H4714} is like a very fair{H3304} heifer{H5697}, but destruction{H7171} cometh{H935}{(H8804)}; it cometh out{H935}{(H8804)} of the north{H6828}.

Also her hired men{H7916} are in the midst{H7130} of her like fatted{H4770} bullocks{H5695}; for they also are turned back{H6437}{(H8689)}, and are fled away{H5127}{(H8804)} together{H3162}: they did not stand{H5975}{(H8804)}, because the day{H3117} of their calamity{H343} was come{H935}{(H8804)} upon them, and the time{H6256} of their visitation{H6486}.

The voice{H6963} thereof shall go{H3212}{(H8799)} like a serpent{H5175}; for they shall march{H3212}{(H8799)} with an army{H2428}, and come{H935}{(H8804)} against her with axes{H7134}, as hewers{H2404}{(H8802)} of wood{H6086}.

They shall cut down{H3772}{(H8804)} her forest{H3293}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, though it cannot be searched{H2713}{(H8735)}; because they are more{H7231}{(H8804)} than the grasshoppers{H697}, and are innumerable{H369}{H4557}.

The daughter{H1323} of Egypt{H4714} shall be confounded{H3001}{(H8689)}; she shall be delivered{H5414}{(H8738)} into the hand{H3027} of the people{H5971} of the north{H6828}.

The LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, saith{H559}{(H8804)}; Behold, I will punish{H6485}{(H8802)} the multitude{H527}{(H8676)}{H528} of No{H4996}, and Pharaoh{H6547}, and Egypt{H4714}, with their gods{H430}, and their kings{H4428}; even Pharaoh{H6547}, and all them that trust{H982}{(H8802)} in him:

And I will deliver{H5414}{(H8804)} them into the hand{H3027} of those that seek{H1245}{(H8764)} 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 afterward{H310} it shall be inhabited{H7931}{(H8799)}, as in the days{H3117} of old{H6924}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.

But fear{H3372}{(H8799)} not thou, O my servant{H5650} Jacob{H3290}, and be not dismayed{H2865}{(H8735)}, O Israel{H3478}: for, behold, I will save{H3467}{(H8688)} thee from afar off{H7350}, and thy seed{H2233} from the land{H776} of their captivity{H7628}; and Jacob{H3290} shall return{H7725}{(H8804)}, and be in rest{H8252}{(H8804)} and at ease{H7599}{(H8768)}, and none shall make him afraid{H2729}{(H8688)}.

Fear{H3372}{(H8799)} thou not, O Jacob{H3290} my servant{H5650}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}: for I am with thee; for I will make{H6213}{(H8799)} a full end{H3617} of all the nations{H1471} whither I have driven{H5080}{(H8689)} thee: but I will not make{H6213}{(H8799)} a full end{H3617} of thee, but correct{H3256}{(H8765)} thee in measure{H4941}; yet will I not leave thee wholly{H5352}{(H8763)} unpunished{H5352}{(H8762)}.