1 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;

<>The word of the LORD … came

2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

<>army, <>son

3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

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4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

<>helmets, <>furbish

5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.

<>Wherefore have I seen them … turned away back?, <>their mighty ones, <>are fled apace, and look not back

6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

<>vv. 6,21, <>escape, <>they shall … fall toward the north, <>stumble

7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?

<>Who is this that cometh up as a flood, <>whose waters are moved, <>waters

8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

<>Egypt riseth up like a flood, <>he saith, I will go up, <>the city, <>inhabitants

9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.

<>Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots, <>that … bend the bow

10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

<>the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, <>his adversaries … the sword … shall be … made drunk with their blood

11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

<>balm, <>virgin, <>in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured

12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.

<>the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together

13 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.

14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.

<>Stand fast

15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.

<>vv. 15-16,21

16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

<>vv. 15-16,21, <>He made many to fall

17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.

<>time appointed

18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

<>As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, <>I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts

19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.

<>into captivity

20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

<>vv. 6,21, <>vv. 15-16,21

22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

<>The voice thereof shall go like a serpent, <>hewers

23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.

<>it cannot be searched

24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

<>into the hand

25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:

<>The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish … their gods, <>The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish … Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him

26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.

<>his servants

27 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

<>fear not … and be not dismayed, <>my servant, <>I will save thee, <>I will save, <>their captivity, <>be in rest

28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

<>I am with thee, <>I will not make a full end of thee, <>I will … correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished., <>I will … correct thee in measure, <>correct