Jeremiah 46:13-26 — Legacy Standard Bible

¹³This is the ¹message which Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the ^acoming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to ^bstrike down the land of Egypt:

¹⁴“Declare in Egypt and cause it to be heard in ^aMigdol;Cause it to be heard also in Memphis and ^bTahpanhes;Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself ready,For the ^csword has devoured those around you.’¹⁵“Why are your ^amighty ones thrown down?They do not stand because Yahweh has ^bthrust them down.¹⁶“They have repeatedly ^astumbled;Indeed, they have fallen one against another.Then they said, ‘Rise up! And ^blet us returnTo our own people and land of our birthAway from the ¹^,^csword of the oppressor.’¹⁷“¹They called out there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but ^aa rumbling;He has let the appointed time pass by!’¹⁸“As I live,” declares the ^aKingWhose name is Yahweh of hosts,“Surely one shall come who looms up like ^bTabor among the mountains,Or like ^cCarmel by the sea.¹⁹“Make your baggage ready for ^aexile,O inhabitant of the ^bdaughter of Egypt,For ^cMemphis will become a desolation;It will even be turned into ruin and without inhabitants.²⁰“Egypt is a pretty ^aheifer,But a ¹horsefly is coming ^bfrom the north—it is coming!²¹“Also her ^amercenaries in her midstAre like ¹fattened ^bcalves,For even they have turned back and have fled away together;They did not stand their ground.For the day of their disaster has come upon them,The time of their ^cpunishment.²²“Its sound moves along like a serpent;For they move on ¹like a military forceAnd come to her as woodcutters with axes.²³“They have cut down her ^aforest,” declares Yahweh;“Surely it will no longer be searched out,Even though ¹they are now more numerous than ^blocustsAnd are without number.²⁴“The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame,Given over to the hand of the ^apeople of the north.”

²⁵Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I am going to punish Amon of ^aThebes, and ^bPharaoh, and Egypt along with her ^cgods and her kings, even Pharaoh and those who ^dtrust in him. ²⁶“I shall give them into the hand of those who are ^aseeking their lives, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his servants. ^bAfterwards, however, it will be dwelt in like in the days of old,” declares Yahweh.