Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
This
is
the word of the
LORD
about
the
nations—the
word
that
came
to
Jeremiah the prophet
That
which
hath
been
the word of Jehovah
unto
Jeremiah the prophet concerning
the
nations,
concerning
Egypt and
the army
of Pharaoh Neco
king of Egypt, which
was
defeated
at
Carchemish
on
the Euphrates
River by
Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the
son of Josiah king of Judah:
For
Egypt ,
concerning
the force
of Pharaoh -Necho
king of Egypt, that
hath
been
by
the river Phrat,
in
Carchemish,
that
Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon hath
smitten,
in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
“Deploy
your
shields
, small
and large;
advance
for
battle !
`Set
ye
in
array
shield
and
buckler
, And draw
nigh
to
battle .
Harness
the horses ;
mount
the
steeds;
take
your
positions
with helmets on!
Polish your
spears;
put on armor!
Gird
the horses ,
and
go
up,
ye
horsemen,
And
station
yourselves
with helmets ,
Polish the
javelins,
put on the
coats
of
mail.
Why
am
I seeing
this?
They are terrified
, they
are
retreating;
their warriors
are defeated
, they flee
in
haste
without
looking
back;
terror
is
on
every
side!”
declares
the LORD
.
Wherefore
have
I seen
them
dismayed
--
They are turned
backward
, And
their mighty
ones
are beaten
down
, And
`to'
a
refuge
they have
fled,
and
not
turned
the face?
Fear
`is'
round
about
--
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
“
The swift cannot
flee, and
the warrior
cannot
escape !
In
the
north
by the River Euphrates
they stumble
and fall
.
The swift do
not
flee, nor
do
the mighty
escape ,
Northward,
by the side
of
the
river Phrat,
They have
stumbled
and fallen
.
Who is this ,
rising
like
the
Nile
, like
rivers whose
waters churn?
Who is this ?
as
a
flood
he
cometh
up
, As
rivers do
his
waters shake
themselves!
Egypt rises
like
the
Nile
, and its
waters
churn
like
rivers ,
boasting
, ‘
I will
rise
and
cover the earth;
I will
destroy the cities
and their
people
. ’
Egypt, as
a
flood
cometh
up,
And as
rivers the
waters
shake
themselves.
And
he
saith
, I go
up;
I
cover the land,
I destroy the city
and the
inhabitants
in
it
.
Advance
, O
horses !
Race
furiously
, O
chariots !
Let
the
warriors
come
forth —
Cush and Put
carrying
their
shields
, men
of
Lydia
drawing
the bow.
Go
up
, ye
horses ;
and
boast
yourselves
, ye
chariots ,
And
go
forth ,
ye
mighty,
Cush and Phut
handling
the
shield
, And
Lud
handling
--
treading
the bow.
For
that day belongs
to the Lord GOD
of Hosts ,
a day of vengeance against
His foes.
The sword will
devour
until
it
is
satisfied, until
it is
quenched
with
their blood .
For the Lord GOD
of Hosts will
hold
a
sacrifice
in the land of the north by the River Euphrates
.
And
that day `is'
to the Lord Jehovah
of Hosts A day of vengeance ,
To
be
avenged
of
His adversaries,
And
the sword hath
devoured,
and
been
satisfied, And
it hath
been
watered
from
their blood ,
For a
sacrifice
`is'
to
the Lord Jehovah
of Hosts ,
In the land of the north ,
by the river Phrat
.
Go up to Gilead for
balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt !
In vain you
try
many
remedies
, but
for
you
there is no
healing
.
Go up to Gilead ,
and
take
balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt ,
In vain thou
hast
multiplied
medicines
, Healing
there is none
for
thee
.
The
nations have heard of your
shame, and your
outcry
fills
the earth
, because
warrior
stumbles
over
warrior
and
both of them have
fallen
together.”
Nations have heard of thy
shame, And thy
cry
hath
filled
the land
, For
the
mighty
on
the
mighty
did
stumble,
Together
they
have
fallen
--
both of them !'
This
is
the word that the
LORD
spoke
to
Jeremiah the prophet about
the coming of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon to strike
the land of Egypt:
The word that Jehovah
hath
spoken
unto
Jeremiah the prophet concerning
the coming in
of Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon ,
to smite
the land of Egypt:
“Announce
it
in Egypt, and proclaim
it
in Migdol ;
proclaim
it
in Memphis
and Tahpanhes: ‘Take
your
positions
and
prepare yourself
, for the
sword devours
those
around you.’
`Declare
ye
in Egypt, and sound
in Migdol ,
Yea,
sound
in Noph,
and in
Tahpanhes say
: Station
thyself,
yea,
prepare for
thee
, For a
sword hath
devoured
around thee,
Why
have
your
warriors
been laid
low
? They
cannot
stand
, for
the
LORD
has
thrust them
down
.
Wherefore
hath
thy
bull
been swept
away
? He
hath
not
stood
, because
Jehovah
thrust him
away
.
They
continue
to
stumble;
indeed
, they
have
fallen
over
one another.
They say, ‘Get
up!
Let
us
return
to our people and to
the land of our birth, away
from
the
sword
of the oppressor
. ’
He
hath
multiplied
the
stumbling
, Yea
one hath
fallen
upon
his
neighbour,
And
they say :
Rise
, and
we
turn
back
to our people ,
And unto
the land of our birth, Because
of the oppressing
sword
.
There
they will
cry
out
: ‘
Pharaoh king of Egypt was
all
noise;
he
has
let
the appointed time pass
him
by
. ’
They have
cried
there
: Pharaoh king of Egypt `is'
a
desolation,
Passed
by
hath
the appointed time.
As
surely
as
I live ,
declares
the King, whose
name
is
the
LORD
of Hosts ,
there
will
come
one
who
is like
Tabor among the
mountains and like
Carmel by the sea .
I live --
an
affirmation
of
the King, Jehovah
of Hosts `
is '
His
name,
Surely
as
Tabor `is'
among mountains ,
And as
Carmel by the sea --
he
cometh
in,
Pack
your
bags
for exile
, O daughter dwelling
in
Egypt !
For Memphis
will
be
laid
waste
, destroyed
and uninhabited
.
Goods
for removal
make
for
thee
, O inhabitant,
daughter of
Egypt ,
For Noph
becometh
a
desolation
, And hath
been
burnt
up,
without
inhabitant
.
Egypt
is
a beautiful
heifer, but
a
gadfly
from the north is
coming
against
her.
A heifer very
fair
`is'
Egypt
, Rending
from the north doth
come
into
her.
Even the
mercenaries
among
her are like
fattened
calves .
They too
will
turn
back;
together
they will
flee
, they will
not stand
their
ground
, for the day of calamity is
coming
upon
them —
the time of their punishment
.
Even her hired
ones
in
her
midst
`
are '
as
calves of
the
stall,
For
even
they have
turned,
They have
fled
together
, they have
not stood
, For the day of their
calamity hath
come
on
them ,
The time of their inspection
.
Egypt
will
hiss
like
a fleeing
serpent, for the
enemy
will
advance
in
force ;
with axes they will
come against
her like
woodsmen
cutting
down
trees.
Its
voice
as
a serpent goeth
on
, For with
a
force they
go,
And
with axes they have
come in
to
her ,
As
hewers
of
trees.
They will
chop
down her forest, declares
the
LORD,
dense
though
it may
be
, for they are
more numerous
than locusts;
they cannot
be
counted
.
They have
cut
down her forest, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
--
for
it is
not
searched
, For they have
been
more than the
grasshopper,
And
they have
no
numbering
.
The Daughter of Egypt will
be
put
to
shame;
she will
be
delivered
into the hands
of the people of the north. ”
Ashamed
hath
been
the daughter of Egypt ,
She hath
been
given
into the hand
of the people of the north.
The
LORD
of Hosts, the
God of Israel ,
says
: “Behold
, I am about
to
punish
Amon god
of Thebes
, along
with
Pharaoh, Egypt with
her gods and kings, and those who
trust
in Pharaoh.
Said
hath
Jehovah
of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo
, I am seeing
after
Amon of No
, And
after
Pharaoh, and
after
Egypt ,
And
after
her gods ,
and after
her
kings, And after
Pharaoh,
and
after
those trusting
in him,
I will
deliver
them into the hands
of those who
seek
their lives—
of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon and his officers.
But
after
this
, Egypt
will
be
inhabited as in days of old ,
declares
the
LORD
.
And
I have
given
them into the hand
of those seeking
their life,
And
into
the
hand
of Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon ,
And into
the
hand
of
his servants
, And
afterwards
it
is
inhabited ,
As `
in '
days of old --
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
But
you
, O
Jacob
My servant ,
do
not
be
afraid
, and
do
not
be
dismayed, O Israel .
For I will
surely
save
you
out
of
a
distant
place
, your
descendants
from the land of their captivity !
Jacob will
return
to
quiet
and ease, with
no
one
to
make
him
afraid
.
And
thou
, thou
dost
not
fear,
my servant Jacob
, Nor
`art'
thou
dismayed, O Israel ,
For lo,
I am
saving
thee
from
afar
, And
thy
seed
from the land of their captivity ,
And
Jacob hath
turned
back,
And hath
been
at
rest,
and
been
at
ease, And
there
is
none
disturbing
.
And
you
, My servant Jacob, do
not
be
afraid,
declares
the
LORD,
for I am with
you.
Though
I will
completely
destroy
all the nations to
which
I have banished
you
, I will
not completely
destroy
you.
Yet
I will
discipline
you
justly
, and will
by
no
means
leave
you
unpunished.”
Thou
, thou
dost
not
fear,
My servant Jacob, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
--
for with
thee
I `
am ',
For
I make
an
end
of
all the nations Whither
I have driven
thee
, And
of
thee
I do
not make
an
end,
And
I have
reproved
thee
in
judgment
, And do
not
entirely
acquit
thee!'
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