Jer 46 | NASB2020 | STEP | That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations .

1 That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet ^aconcerning the nations.

2 To ^bEgypt, concerning the army of ^cPharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at ^dCarchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the ^efourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

3 “ ^fSet up the ^{▼▼I.e., small shield}buckler and shield,
And advance to the battle!
4 “Harness the horses,
And ^{▼▼Or go up, you horsemen}mount the steeds,
Take your stand with helmets on!
ⁱPolish the spears,
Put on the ^jcoats of armor!
5 “Why have I seen it?
They are terrified,
They are ^kretreating,
And their ^lwarriors 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 warrior 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?
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,
And like the rivers whose waters surge;
And He has said, “I will ^rrise and cover that land;
I will ^sdestroy the city and its inhabitants.”
9 Go up, you horses, and ^{▼▼Lit act like madmen
,} ^udrive wildly, you chariots,
So that the warriors may ^{▼▼Lit go forth}march forward:
^{▼▼Or Ethiopia}Cush and ^{▼▼I.e., Libya (or Somaliland)
,} ^yPut, who handle the shield,
And the ^{▼▼Heb Ludim
,} ^aaLydians, who handle and bend the bow.
10 For ^abthat day belongs to the Lord ^{▼▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God of armies,
A day of ^advengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes;
And the ^aesword will devour and be satisfied,
And ^{▼▼Lit be saturated with}drink its fill of their blood;
For there will be a ^agslaughter for the Lord ^{▼▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God of armies,
In the land of the north at the river Euphrates.
11 Go ^aiup to Gilead and obtain balm,
^ajVirgin daughter of Egypt!
You have used many ^{▼▼Lit healings}remedies in vain;
There is ^alno healing for you.
12 The nations have heard of your ^amshame,
And the earth is full of your ^ancry of distress;
For one ^aowarrior 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 ^arcoming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to ^asstrike the land of Egypt:

14 “Declare in Egypt and proclaim in ^atMigdol,
Proclaim also in Memphis and ^auTahpanhes;
Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself ready,
For the ^avsword has devoured those around you.’
15 “Why have your ^awpowerful ones been cut down?
They do not stand because the Lord has ^axthrust them away.
16 “They have repeatedly ^aystumbled;
Indeed, they have fallen, one against another.
Then they said, ‘Get up, and ^azlet’s go back
To our own people and our native land,
Away from the ^{▼▼Lit oppressing sword
,} ^bbsword of the oppressor!’
17 “ ^{▼▼Some ancient versions Call the name of Pharaoh a big noise}They shouted there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is nothing but ^bda big noise;
He has let the appointed time pass by!’
18 “As I live,” declares the ^beKing,
Whose name is the Lord of armies,
“One certainly shall come who is like ^bfTabor among the mountains,
Or like ^bgCarmel by the sea.
19 “Make your baggage ready for ^bhexile,
^biDaughter living in Egypt,
For ^bjMemphis will become a desolation;
It will be destroyed and ^{▼▼Lit without}deprived of inhabitants.
20 “Egypt is a pretty ^blheifer,
But a ^{▼▼Or possibly mosquito}horsefly is coming ^bnfrom the north--it is coming!
21 “Also her ^bomercenaries in her midst
Are like fattened ^bpcalves,
For they too have turned away and have fled together;
They did not stand their ground.
For the day of their disaster 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;
“Certainly it will no longer be found,
Even though ^{▼▼I.e., trees of the forest, the Egyptians}they are more numerous than ^bulocusts
And are without number.
24 “The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame,
Turned over to the ^{▼▼Lit hand}power of the ^bwpeople of the north.”
25 The Lord of armies, 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, indeed, Pharaoh and those who ^catrust in him. 26 I shall hand them over to those who are ^cbseeking their lives, that is, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to his ^{▼▼Lit servants}officers. ^cdAfterward, however, it will be inhabited as in the days of old,” declares the Lord.

27 “But as for you, Jacob My servant, ^cedo not fear,
Nor be dismayed, Israel!
For, see, I am going to ^cfsave you from far away,
And your descendants from the land of their captivity;
And Jacob will return and be ^cgundisturbed
And secure, with no one making him afraid.
28 “Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the Lord,
“For ^chI am with you.
For I will make a complete destruction of all the nations
Where I have driven you,
Yet I will ^cinot make a complete destruction of you;
But I will ^cjcorrect you properly
And by no means leave you unpunished.”