Jer 46 | NASB1995 | STEP | That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations .

2 To ^bEgypt, concerning the army of ^cPharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at ^dCarchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the ^efourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: 3 ^f“Line up the shield and ^{▼▼ I.e. small shield}buckler,
And draw near for the battle!
4 “Harness the horses,
And ^{▼▼ Or go up, you horsemen}mount the steeds,
And take your stand with helmets on!
ⁱPolish the spears,
Put on the ^jscale-armor!
5 “Why have I seen it?
They are terrified,
They are ^kdrawing back,
And their ^lmighty men are defeated
And have taken refuge in flight,
Without facing back;
^{▼▼ Heb Magor-missabib; i.e. Terror is on every side
,} ⁿTerror is on every side!”
Declares the Lord.
6 Let not the ^oswift man flee,
Nor the mighty man escape;
In the north beside the river Euphrates
They have ^pstumbled and fallen.
7 Who is this that ^qrises 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 ^rrise and cover that land;
I will surely ^sdestroy the city and its inhabitants.”
9 Go up, you horses, and ^{▼▼ Lit act like madmen
,} ^udrive madly, you chariots,
That the mighty men may ^{▼▼ Lit go forth}march forward:
Ethiopia and ^{▼▼ I.e. Libya (or Somaliland)
,} ^xPut, that handle the shield,
And the ^{▼▼ Heb Ludim
,} ^zLydians, that handle and bend the bow.
10 For ^aathat day belongs to the Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God of hosts,
A day of ^acvengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes;
And the ^adsword will devour and be satiated
And ^{▼▼ Lit be saturated with}drink its fill of their blood;
For there will be a ^afslaughter for the Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God of hosts,
In the land of the north by the river Euphrates.
11 Go ^ahup to Gilead and obtain balm,
^aiO virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain have you multiplied ^{▼▼ Lit healings}remedies;
There is ^akno healing for you.
12 The nations have heard of your ^alshame,
And the earth is full of your ^amcry of distress;
For one ^anwarrior has stumbled over ^{▼▼ Lit warrior}another,
And both of them have fallen down together.

13 This is the ^{▼▼ Lit word}message which the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the ^aqcoming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to ^arsmite the land of Egypt: 14 “Declare in Egypt and proclaim in ^asMigdol,
Proclaim also in Memphis and ^atTahpanhes;
Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself ready,
For the ^ausword has devoured those around you.’
15 “Why have your ^avmighty ones become prostrate?
They do not stand because the Lord has ^awthrust them down.
16 “They have repeatedly ^axstumbled;
Indeed, they have fallen one against another.
Then they said, ‘Get up! And ^aylet us go back
To our own people and our native land
Away from the ^{▼▼ Lit oppressing sword
,} ^basword of the oppressor.’
17 ^{▼▼ Some ancient versions read Call the name of Pharaoh a big noise}“They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but ^bca big noise;
He has let the appointed time pass by!’
18 “As I live,” declares the ^bdKing
Whose name is the Lord of hosts,
“Surely one shall come who looms up like ^beTabor among the mountains,
Or like ^bfCarmel by the sea.
19 “Make your baggage ready for ^bgexile,
O ^bhdaughter dwelling in Egypt,
For ^biMemphis will become a desolation;
It will even be burned down and ^{▼▼ Lit without}bereft of inhabitants.
20 “Egypt is a pretty ^bkheifer,
But a ^{▼▼ Or possibly mosquito}horsefly is coming ^bmfrom the north— it is coming!
21 “Also her ^bnmercenaries in her midst
Are like ^{▼▼ Lit of the stall}fattened ^bpcalves,
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 ^bqpunishment.
22 “Its sound moves along like a serpent;
For they move on ^{▼▼ Or in force}like an army
And come to her as woodcutters with axes.
23 “They have cut down her ^bsforest,” declares the Lord;
“Surely it will no more be found,
Even though ^{▼▼ I.e. trees of the forest, the Egyptians}they are now more numerous than ^bulocusts
And are without number.
24 “The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame,
Given over to the ^{▼▼ Lit hand}power of the ^bwpeople of the north.”

25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I am going to punish Amon of ^bxThebes, and ^byPharaoh, and Egypt along with her ^bzgods and her kings, even Pharaoh and those who ^catrust in him. 26 “I shall give them over to the ^{▼▼ Lit hand}power of those who are ^ccseeking their lives, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his ^{▼▼ Lit servants}officers. ^ceAfterwards, however, it will be inhabited as in the days of old,” declares the Lord. 27 “But as for you, O Jacob My servant, ^cfdo not fear,
Nor be dismayed, O Israel!
For, see, I am going to ^cgsave you from afar,
And your descendants from the land of their captivity;
And Jacob will return and be ^chundisturbed
And secure, with no one making him tremble.
28 “O Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the Lord,
“For ^ciI am with you.
For I will make a full end of all the nations
Where I have driven you,
Yet I will ^cjnot make a full end of you;
But I will ^ckcorrect you properly
And by no means leave you unpunished.”