1The word1697 of the LORD3068 which came to Jeremiah3414 the prophet5030 against the Gentiles1471;
2Against Egypt4714, against the army2428 of Pharaohnecho6549 king4428 of Egypt4714, which was by the river5104 Euphrates6578 in Carchemish3751, which Nebuchadrezzar5019 king4428 of Babylon894 smote5221 in the fourth7243 year8141 of Jehoiakim3079 the son1121 of Josiah2977 king4428 of Judah3063.
3Order6186 ye the buckler4043 and shield6793, and draw near5066 to battle4421.
4Harness631 the horses5483; and get up5927, ye horsemen6571, and stand forth3320 with your helmets3553; furbish4838 the spears7420, and put on3847 the brigandines5630.
5Wherefore have I seen7200 them dismayed2844 and turned5472 away back268? and their mighty ones1368 are beaten down3807, and are fled5127 apace4498, and look not back6437: for fear4032 was round about5439, saith5002 the LORD3068.
6Let not the swift7031 flee away5127, nor the mighty man1368 escape4422; they shall stumble3782, and fall5307 toward the north6828 by3027 the river5104 Euphrates6578.
7Who is this that cometh up5927 as a flood2975, whose waters4325 are moved1607 as the rivers5104?
8Egypt4714 riseth up5927 like a flood2975, and his waters4325 are moved1607 like the rivers5104; and he saith559, I will go up5927, and will cover3680 the earth776; I will destroy6 the city5892 and the inhabitants3427 thereof.
9Come up5927, ye horses5483; and rage1984, ye chariots7393; and let the mighty men1368 come forth3318; the Ethiopians3568 and the Libyans6316, that handle8610 the shield4043; and the Lydians3866, that handle8610 and bend1869 the bow7198.
10For this is the day3117 of the Lord136 GOD3069 of hosts6635, a day3117 of vengeance5360, that he may avenge5358 him of his adversaries6862: and the sword2719 shall devour398, and it shall be satiate7646 and made drunk7301 with their blood1818: for the Lord136 GOD3069 of hosts6635 hath a sacrifice2077 in the north6828 country776 by the river5104 Euphrates6578.
11Go up5927 into Gilead1568, and take3947 balm6875, O virgin1330, the daughter1323 of Egypt4714: in vain7723 shalt thou use many7235 medicines7499; for thou shalt not be cured8585.
12The nations1471 have heard8085 of thy shame7036, and thy cry6682 hath filled4390 the land776: for the mighty man1368 hath stumbled3782 against the mighty1368, and they are fallen5307 both8147 together3162.
13The word1697 that the LORD3068 spake1696 to Jeremiah3414 the prophet5030, how Nebuchadrezzar5019 king4428 of Babylon894 should come935 and smite5221 the land776 of Egypt4714.
14Declare5046 ye in Egypt4714, and publish8085 in Migdol4024, and publish8085 in Noph5297 and in Tahpanhes8471: say559 ye, Stand fast3320, and prepare3559 thee; for the sword2719 shall devour398 round about5439 thee.
15Why are thy valiant47 men swept away5502? they stood5975 not, because the LORD3068 did drive1920 them.
16He made many7235 to fall3782, yea, one376 fell5307 upon another7453: and they said559, Arise6965, and let us go again7725 to our own people5971, and to the land776 of our nativity4138, from6440 the oppressing3238 sword2719.
17They did cry7121 there, Pharaoh6547 king4428 of Egypt4714 is but a noise7588; he hath passed5674 the time appointed4150.
18As I live2416, saith5002 the King4428, whose name8034 is the LORD3068 of hosts6635, Surely as Tabor8396 is among the mountains2022, and as Carmel3760 by the sea3220, so shall he come935.
19O thou daughter1323 dwelling3427 in Egypt4714, furnish6213 thyself to go into captivity3627 1473: for Noph5297 shall be waste8047 and desolate3341 without an inhabitant3427.
20Egypt4714 is like a very fair3304 heifer5697, but destruction7171 cometh935; it cometh out935 of the north6828.
21Also her hired men7916 are in the midst7130 of her like fatted4770 bullocks5695; for they also are turned back6437, and are fled away5127 together3162: they did not stand5975, because the day3117 of their calamity343 was come935 upon them, and the time6256 of their visitation6486.
22The voice6963 thereof shall go3212 like a serpent5175; for they shall march3212 with an army2428, and come935 against her with axes7134, as hewers2404 of wood6086.
23They shall cut down3772 her forest3293, saith5002 the LORD3068, though it cannot be searched2713; because they are more7231 than the grasshoppers697, and are innumerable369 4557.
24The daughter1323 of Egypt4714 shall be confounded3001; she shall be delivered5414 into the hand3027 of the people5971 of the north6828.
25The LORD3068 of hosts6635, the God430 of Israel3478, saith559; Behold, I will punish6485 the multitude527 528 of No4996, and Pharaoh6547, and Egypt4714, with their gods430, and their kings4428; even Pharaoh6547, and all them that trust982 in him:
26And I will deliver5414 them into the hand3027 of those that seek1245 their lives5315, and into the hand3027 of Nebuchadrezzar5019 king4428 of Babylon894, and into the hand3027 of his servants5650: and afterward310 it shall be inhabited7931, as in the days3117 of old6924, saith5002 the LORD3068.
27But fear3372 not thou, O my servant5650 Jacob3290, and be not dismayed2865, O Israel3478: for, behold, I will save3467 thee from afar off7350, and thy seed2233 from the land776 of their captivity7628; and Jacob3290 shall return7725, and be in rest8252 and at ease7599, and none shall make him afraid2729.
28Fear3372 thou not, O Jacob3290 my servant5650, saith5002 the LORD3068: for I am with thee; for I will make6213 a full end3617 of all the nations1471 whither I have driven5080 thee: but I will not make6213 a full end3617 of thee, but correct3256 thee in measure4941; yet will I not leave thee wholly5352 unpunished5352.