Jeremiah 46:7

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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.

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.

7 “Who is this coming up ^alike a flood,
Whose waters move like the rivers?

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.’

9 Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots!
And let the mighty men come forth:
¹The Ethiopians and² the Libyans who handle the shield,
And the Lydians ^awho handle and bend the bow.

10 For this is ^athe day of the Lord God of hosts,
A day of vengeance,
That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.
^bThe sword shall devour;
It shall be¹ satiated and made drunk with their blood;
For the Lord God of hosts ^chas a sacrifice
In the north country by the River Euphrates.

11 “Go^a up to Gilead and take balm,
^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.”

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.’

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Barnes' Notes

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Jeremiah 46:7

In Jeremiah 46:3-6 we saw only a mighty army marshalling for battle, and its hasty flight. In Jeremiah 46:7-12 the prophet tells us at whose defeat we have been present.

A flood - the Nile. The metaphor describing the advance of the Egyptian army is naturally drawn from the annual overflow of their own sacred stream.

Whose waters are moved ... - literally, his waters toss to and fro as the rivers, the natural branches of the Nile in Lower Egypt.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 46:7:**

Isaiah 28:2
Jeremiah 46:7
Daniel 7:2
Acts 17:13
Revelation 12:16

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