Judgment on Egypt
1 The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against athe nations.
2 Against aEgypt. bConcerning the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, which was by the River Euphrates in Carchemish, and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon cdefeated in the dfourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
4 Harness the horses,
And mount up, you horsemen!
Stand forth with your helmets,
Polish the spears,
aPut on the armor!
And mount up, you horsemen!
Stand forth with your helmets,
Polish the spears,
aPut on the armor!
5 Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back?
Their mighty ones are beaten down;
They have speedily fled,
And did not look back,
For afear was all around,” says the Lord.
Their mighty ones are beaten down;
They have speedily fled,
And did not look back,
For afear was all around,” says the Lord.
6 “Do not let the swift flee away,
Nor the mighty man escape;
They will astumble and fall
Toward the north, by the River Euphrates.
Nor the mighty man escape;
They will astumble and fall
Toward the north, by the River Euphrates.
8 Egypt rises up like a flood,
And its waters move like the rivers;
And he says, ‘I will go up and cover the earth,
I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.’
And its waters move like the rivers;
And he says, ‘I will go up and cover the earth,
I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.’
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Jeremiah 46:3.
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