Jer 46:2-28 | NASB2020 | STEP | To Egypt , concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt , which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish , which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah , king of Judah :

a Jer 46:14; Ezek chs 29-32

Jeremiah 46:2-28

2 To ^aEgypt, concerning the army of ^bPharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at ^cCarchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the ^dfourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

3 “ ^eSet 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!
^hPolish the spears,
Put on the ⁱcoats of armor!
5 “Why have I seen it?
They are terrified,
They are ^jretreating,
And their ^kwarriors are defeated
And have taken refuge in flight,
Without facing back.
^{▼▼Heb Magor-missabib i.e., Terror is on every side
,} ^mTerror is on every side!”
Declares the Lord.
6 Let not the ⁿswift man flee,
Nor the warrior escape.
In the north beside the river Euphrates
They have ^ostumbled and fallen.
7 Who is this that ^prises 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 ^qrise and cover that land;
I will ^rdestroy the city and its inhabitants.”
9 Go up, you horses, and ^{▼▼Lit act like madmen
,} ^tdrive wildly, you chariots,
So that the warriors may ^{▼▼Lit go forth}march forward:
^{▼▼Or Ethiopia}Cush and ^{▼▼I.e., Libya (or Somaliland)
,} ^xPut, who handle the shield,
And the ^{▼▼Heb Ludim
,} ^zLydians, who handle and bend the bow.
10 For ^aathat day belongs to the Lord ^{▼▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God of armies,
A day of ^acvengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes;
And the ^adsword will devour and be satisfied,
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 armies,
In the land of the north at the river Euphrates.
11 Go ^ahup to Gilead and obtain balm,
^aiVirgin daughter of Egypt!
You have used many ^{▼▼Lit healings}remedies in vain;
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 ^arstrike 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 ^avpowerful ones been cut down?
They do not stand because the Lord has ^awthrust them away.
16 “They have repeatedly ^axstumbled;
Indeed, they have fallen, one against another.
Then they said, ‘Get up, and ^aylet’s go back
To our own people and our native land,
Away from the ^{▼▼Lit oppressing sword
,} ^basword 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 ^bca big noise;
He has let the appointed time pass by!’
18 “As I live,” declares the ^bdKing,
Whose name is the Lord of armies,
“One certainly shall come who is like ^beTabor among the mountains,
Or like ^bfCarmel by the sea.
19 “Make your baggage ready for ^bgexile,
^bhDaughter living in Egypt,
For ^biMemphis will become a desolation;
It will be destroyed and ^{▼▼Lit without}deprived 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 fattened ^bocalves,
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 ^bppunishment.
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 ^brforest,” 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 ^btlocusts
And are without number.
24 “The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame,
Turned over to the ^{▼▼Lit hand}power of the ^bvpeople of the north.”
25 The Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I am going to punish Amon of ^bwThebes, and ^bxPharaoh, and Egypt along with her ^bygods and her kings, indeed, Pharaoh and those who ^bztrust in him. 26 I shall hand them over to those who are ^caseeking their lives, that is, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to his ^{▼▼Lit servants}officers. ^ccAfterward, however, it will be inhabited as in the days of old,” declares the Lord.

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