Defeat of Pharaoh Foretold
46 That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet (A)concerning the nations.
2 To (B)Egypt, concerning the army of (C)Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at (D)Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the (E)fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
3 “(F)Line up the shield and buckler,
And draw near for the battle!
4 “Harness the horses,
And mount the steeds,
And take your stand with helmets on!
(G)Polish the spears,
Put on the (H)scale-armor!
5 “Why have I seen it?
They are terrified,
They are (I)drawing back,
And their (J)mighty men are defeated
And have taken refuge in flight,
Without facing back;
(K)Terror is on every side!”
Declares the Lord.
6 Let not the (L)swift man flee,
Nor the mighty man escape;
In the north beside the river Euphrates
They have (M)stumbled and fallen.
7 Who is this that (N)rises like the Nile,
Like the rivers whose waters surge about?
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,
Even like the rivers whose waters surge about;
And He has said, “I will (O)rise and cover that land;
I will surely (P)destroy the city and its inhabitants.”
9 Go up, you horses, and (Q)drive madly, you chariots,
That the mighty men may march forward:
Ethiopia and (R)Put, that handle the shield,
And the (S)Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
10 For (T)that day belongs to the Lord God of hosts,
A day of (U)vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes;
And the (V)sword will devour and be satiated
And drink its fill of their blood;
For there will be a (W)slaughter for the Lord God of hosts,
In the land of the north by the river Euphrates.
11 Go (X)up to Gilead and obtain balm,
(Y)O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain have you multiplied remedies;
There is (Z)no healing for you.
12 The nations have heard of your (AA)shame,
And the earth is full of your (AB)cry of distress;
For one (AC)warrior has stumbled over another,
And both of them have fallen down together.
13 This is the message which the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the (AD)coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to (AE)smite the land of Egypt:
14 “Declare in Egypt and proclaim in (AF)Migdol,
Proclaim also in Memphis and (AG)Tahpanhes;
Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself ready,
For the (AH)sword has devoured those around you.’
15 “Why have your (AI)mighty ones become prostrate?
They do not stand because the Lord has (AJ)thrust them down.
16 “They have repeatedly (AK)stumbled;
Indeed, they have fallen one against another.
Then they said, ‘Get up! And (AL)let us go back
To our own people and our native land
Away from the (AM)sword of the oppressor.’
17 “They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but (AN)a big noise;
He has let the appointed time pass by!’
18 “As I live,” declares the (AO)King
Whose name is the Lord of hosts,
“Surely one shall come who looms up like (AP)Tabor among the mountains,
Or like (AQ)Carmel by the sea.
19 “Make your baggage ready for (AR)exile,
O (AS)daughter dwelling in Egypt,
For (AT)Memphis will become a desolation;
It will even be burned down and bereft of inhabitants.
20 “Egypt is a pretty (AU)heifer,
But a horsefly is coming (AV)from the north—it is coming!
21 “Also her (AW)mercenaries in her midst
Are like fattened (AX)calves,
For even they too have turned back and have fled away together;
They did not stand their ground.
For the day of their calamity has come upon them,
The time of their (AY)punishment.
22 “Its sound moves along like a serpent;
For they move on like an army
And come to her as woodcutters with axes.
23 “They have cut down her (AZ)forest,” declares the Lord;
“Surely it will no more be found,
Even though they are now more numerous than (BA)locusts
And are without number.
24 “The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame,
Given over to the power of the (BB)people of the north.”
25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I am going to punish Amon of (BC)Thebes, and (BD)Pharaoh, and Egypt along with her (BE)gods and her kings, even Pharaoh and those who (BF)trust in him. 26 I shall give them over to the power of those who are (BG)seeking their lives, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his officers. (BH)Afterwards, however, it will be inhabited as in the days of old,” declares the Lord.
27 “But as for you, O Jacob My servant, (BI)do not fear,
Nor be dismayed, O Israel!
For, see, I am going to (BJ)save you from afar,
And your descendants from the land of their captivity;
And Jacob will return and be (BK)undisturbed
And secure, with no one making him tremble.
28 “O Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the Lord,
“For (BL)I am with you.
For I will make a full end of all the nations
Where I have driven you,
Yet I will (BM)not make a full end of you;
But I will (BN)correct you properly
And by no means leave you unpunished.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 46:3
- Jeremiah 46:4
- Jeremiah 46:5
- Jeremiah 46:9
- Jeremiah 46:9
- Jeremiah 46:9
- Jeremiah 46:9
- Jeremiah 46:10
- Jeremiah 46:10
- Jeremiah 46:10
- Jeremiah 46:11
- Jeremiah 46:12
- Jeremiah 46:13
- Jeremiah 46:16
- Jeremiah 46:17
- Jeremiah 46:19
- Jeremiah 46:20
- Jeremiah 46:21
- Jeremiah 46:22
- Jeremiah 46:23
- Jeremiah 46:24
- Jeremiah 46:26
- Jeremiah 46:26
Cross references
- Jeremiah 46:1 : Jer 1:10; 25:15-38
- Jeremiah 46:2 : Jer 46:14; Ezek chs 29-32
- Jeremiah 46:2 : 2 Kin 18:21; 23:29, 33-35; Jer 25:19
- Jeremiah 46:2 : 2 Chr 35:20; Is 10:9
- Jeremiah 46:2 : Jer 45:1
- Jeremiah 46:3 : Is 21:5; Jer 51:11; Joel 3:9; Nah 2:1; 3:14
- Jeremiah 46:4 : Ezek 21:9-11
- Jeremiah 46:4 : 1 Sam 17:5, 38; 2 Chr 26:14; Neh 4:16; Jer 51:3
- Jeremiah 46:5 : Is 42:17; Jer 46:21
- Jeremiah 46:5 : Is 5:25; Ezek 39:18
- Jeremiah 46:5 : Jer 6:25; 20:3; 49:29
- Jeremiah 46:6 : Is 30:16
- Jeremiah 46:6 : Jer 46:12, 16; Dan 11:19
- Jeremiah 46:7 : Jer 47:2
- Jeremiah 46:8 : Is 37:24
- Jeremiah 46:8 : Is 10:13
- Jeremiah 46:9 : Jer 47:3; Nah 2:4
- Jeremiah 46:9 : Nah 3:9
- Jeremiah 46:9 : Is 66:19
- Jeremiah 46:10 : Joel 1:15
- Jeremiah 46:10 : Jer 50:15, 18
- Jeremiah 46:10 : Deut 32:42; Is 31:8; Jer 12:12
- Jeremiah 46:10 : Is 34:6; Zeph 1:7
- Jeremiah 46:11 : Jer 8:22
- Jeremiah 46:11 : Is 47:1; Jer 31:4, 21
- Jeremiah 46:11 : Jer 30:13; Mic 1:9; Nah 3:19
- Jeremiah 46:12 : Jer 2:36; Nah 3:8-10
- Jeremiah 46:12 : Jer 14:2
- Jeremiah 46:12 : Is 19:2
- Jeremiah 46:13 : Jer 43:10-13
- Jeremiah 46:13 : Is 19:1
- Jeremiah 46:14 : Jer 44:1
- Jeremiah 46:14 : Jer 43:8
- Jeremiah 46:14 : Is 1:20; Jer 2:30; 46:10; Nah 2:13
- Jeremiah 46:15 : Is 66:15, 16; Jer 46:5
- Jeremiah 46:15 : Ps 18:14, 39; 68:1, 2
- Jeremiah 46:16 : Lev 26:36, 37; Jer 46:6
- Jeremiah 46:16 : Jer 51:9
- Jeremiah 46:16 : Jer 50:16
- Jeremiah 46:17 : Ex 15:9, 10; 1 Kin 20:10, 11; Is 19:11-16
- Jeremiah 46:18 : Jer 48:15; Mal 1:14
- Jeremiah 46:18 : Josh 19:22; Judg 4:6; Ps 89:12
- Jeremiah 46:18 : Josh 12:22; 1 Kin 18:42
- Jeremiah 46:19 : Is 20:4
- Jeremiah 46:19 : Jer 48:18
- Jeremiah 46:19 : Jer 46:14; Ezek 30:13
- Jeremiah 46:20 : Hos 10:11
- Jeremiah 46:20 : Jer 1:14; 47:2
- Jeremiah 46:21 : 2 Sam 10:6; 2 Kin 7:6; Jer 46:5
- Jeremiah 46:21 : Is 34:7
- Jeremiah 46:21 : Jer 48:44; Hos 9:7; Obad 13; Mic 7:4
- Jeremiah 46:23 : Jer 21:14
- Jeremiah 46:23 : Judg 6:5; 7:12; Joel 2:25
- Jeremiah 46:24 : Jer 1:15
- Jeremiah 46:25 : Ezek 30:14-16; Nah 3:8
- Jeremiah 46:25 : Jer 44:30
- Jeremiah 46:25 : Ex 12:12; Jer 43:12, 13; Ezek 30:13; Zeph 2:11
- Jeremiah 46:25 : Is 20:5
- Jeremiah 46:26 : Jer 44:30; Ezek 32:11
- Jeremiah 46:26 : Ezek 29:8-14
- Jeremiah 46:27 : Is 41:13, 14; Jer 30:10, 11
- Jeremiah 46:27 : Is 11:11; Jer 23:3, 4; 29:14; Mic 7:12
- Jeremiah 46:27 : Jer 23:6; 50:19
- Jeremiah 46:28 : Ps 46:7, 11; Is 8:10; 43:2; Jer 1:19
- Jeremiah 46:28 : Jer 4:27; Amos 9:8, 9
- Jeremiah 46:28 : Jer 10:24; Hab 3:2
