Jer 46:13-26 | NASB1995 | STEP | This is the message which the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt :

Jeremiah 46:13-26

13 This is the ^{▼▼ Lit word}message which the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the ^bcoming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to ^csmite the land of Egypt: 14 “Declare in Egypt and proclaim in ^dMigdol,
Proclaim also in Memphis and ^eTahpanhes;
Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself ready,
For the ^fsword has devoured those around you.’
15 “Why have your ^gmighty ones become prostrate?
They do not stand because the Lord has ^hthrust them down.
16 “They have repeatedly ⁱstumbled;
Indeed, they have fallen one against another.
Then they said, ‘Get up! And ^jlet us go back
To our own people and our native land
Away from the ^{▼▼ Lit oppressing sword
,} ^lsword 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 ⁿa big noise;
He has let the appointed time pass by!’
18 “As I live,” declares the ^oKing
Whose name is the Lord of hosts,
“Surely one shall come who looms up like ^pTabor among the mountains,
Or like ^qCarmel by the sea.
19 “Make your baggage ready for ^rexile,
O ^sdaughter dwelling in Egypt,
For ^tMemphis will become a desolation;
It will even be burned down and ^{▼▼ Lit without}bereft of inhabitants.
20 “Egypt is a pretty ^vheifer,
But a ^{▼▼ Or possibly mosquito}horsefly is coming ^xfrom the north— it is coming!
21 “Also her ^ymercenaries in her midst
Are like ^{▼▼ Lit of the stall}fattened ^aacalves,
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 ^abpunishment.
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 ^adforest,” 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 ^aflocusts
And are without number.
24 “The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame,
Given over to the ^{▼▼ Lit hand}power of the ^ahpeople of the north.”

25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I am going to punish Amon of ^aiThebes, and ^ajPharaoh, and Egypt along with her ^akgods and her kings, even Pharaoh and those who ^altrust in him. 26 “I shall give them over to the ^{▼▼ Lit hand}power of those who are ^anseeking their lives, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his ^{▼▼ Lit servants}officers. ^apAfterwards, however, it will be inhabited as in the days of old,” declares the Lord.