11 “Goa up to Gilead and take balm,
bO virgin, the daughter of Egypt;
In vain you will use many medicines;
cYou shall not be cured.
bO virgin, the daughter of Egypt;
In vain you will use many medicines;
cYou shall not be cured.
12 The nations have heard of your ashame,
And your cry has filled the land;
For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty;
They both have fallen together.”
And your cry has filled the land;
For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty;
They both have fallen together.”
Babylonia Will Strike Egypt
13 The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon would come and astrike the land of Egypt.
14 “Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in1 aMigdol;
Proclaim in Noph and in bTahpanhes;
Say, ‘Stand fast and prepare yourselves,
For the sword devours all around you.’
Proclaim in Noph and in bTahpanhes;
Say, ‘Stand fast and prepare yourselves,
For the sword devours all around you.’
16 He made many fall;
Yes, aone fell upon another.
And they said, ‘Arise!
bLet us go back to our own people
And to the land of our nativity
From the oppressing sword.’
Yes, aone fell upon another.
And they said, ‘Arise!
bLet us go back to our own people
And to the land of our nativity
From the oppressing sword.’
18 “As I live,” says the King,
aWhose name is the Lord of hosts,
“Surely as Tabor is among the mountains
And as Carmel by the sea, so he shall come.
aWhose name is the Lord of hosts,
“Surely as Tabor is among the mountains
And as Carmel by the sea, so he shall come.
19 O ayou daughter dwelling in Egypt,
Prepare yourself bto go into captivity!
For1 Noph shall be waste and desolate, without inhabitant.
Prepare yourself bto go into captivity!
For1 Noph shall be waste and desolate, without inhabitant.
21 Also her mercenaries are in her midst like1 fat bulls,
For they also are turned back,
They have fled away together.
They did not stand,
For athe day of their calamity had come upon them,
The time of their punishment.
For they also are turned back,
They have fled away together.
They did not stand,
For athe day of their calamity had come upon them,
The time of their punishment.
22 aHer noise shall go like a serpent,
For they shall march with an army
And come against her with axes,
Like those who chop wood.
For they shall march with an army
And come against her with axes,
Like those who chop wood.
23 “They shall acut down her forest,” says the Lord,
“Though it cannot be searched,
Because they are innumerable,
And more numerous than bgrasshoppers.
“Though it cannot be searched,
Because they are innumerable,
And more numerous than bgrasshoppers.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be ashamed;
She shall be delivered into the hand
Of athe people of the north.”
She shall be delivered into the hand
Of athe people of the north.”
25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring punishment on1 Amon of aNo, and Pharaoh and Egypt, bwith their gods and their kings—Pharaoh and those who ctrust in him.
26 aAnd I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of his servants. bAfterward it shall be inhabited as in the days of old,” says the Lord.
God Will Preserve Israel
27 “Buta do not fear, O My servant Jacob,
And do not be dismayed, O Israel!
For behold, I will bsave you from afar,
And your offspring from the land of their captivity;
Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease;
No one shall make him afraid.
And do not be dismayed, O Israel!
For behold, I will bsave you from afar,
And your offspring from the land of their captivity;
Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease;
No one shall make him afraid.
28 Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the Lord,
“For I am with you;
For I will make a complete end of all the nations
To which I have driven you,
But I will not make aa complete end of you.
I will rightly bcorrect you,
For I will not leave you wholly unpunished.”
“For I am with you;
For I will make a complete end of all the nations
To which I have driven you,
But I will not make aa complete end of you.
I will rightly bcorrect you,
For I will not leave you wholly unpunished.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
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