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The word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] which came to Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030] against the Gentiles[H1471];
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Against Egypt[H4714], against the army[H2428] of Pharaohnecho[H6549]king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714], which was by the river[H5104]Euphrates[H6578] in Carchemish[H3751], which Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]smote[H5221] in the fourth[H7243]year[H8141] of Jehoiakim[H3079] the son[H1121] of Josiah[H2977]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063].
3Order[H6186] ye the buckler[H4043] and shield[H6793], and draw near[H5066] to battle[H4421].
4Harness[H631] the horses[H5483]; and get up[H5927], ye horsemen[H6571], and stand forth[H3320] with your helmets[H3553]; furbish[H4838] the spears[H7420], and put on[H3847] the brigandines[H5630].
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Wherefore have I seen[H7200] them dismayed[H2844] and turned[H5472] away back?[H268] and their mighty ones[H1368] are beaten down[H3807], and are fled[H5127]apace[H4498], and look not back[H6437]: for fear[H4032] was round about[H5439], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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Let not the swift[H7031] flee away[H5127], nor the mighty man[H1368]escape[H4422]; they shall stumble[H3782], and fall[H5307] toward the north[H6828]by[H3027] the river[H5104]Euphrates[H6578].
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Who is this that cometh up[H5927] as a flood[H2975], whose waters[H4325] are moved[H1607] as the rivers?[H5104]
8Egypt[H4714] riseth up[H5927] like a flood[H2975], and his waters[H4325] are moved[H1607] like the rivers[H5104]; and he saith[H559], I will go up[H5927], and will cover[H3680] the earth[H776]; I will destroy[H6] the city[H5892] and the inhabitants[H3427] thereof.
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Come up[H5927], ye horses[H5483]; and rage[H1984], ye chariots[H7393]; and let the mighty men[H1368] come forth[H3318]; the Ethiopians[H3568] and the Libyans[H6316], that handle[H8610] the shield[H4043]; and the Lydians[H3866], that handle[H8610] and bend[H1869] the bow[H7198].
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For this is the day[H3117] of the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] of hosts[H6635], a day[H3117] of vengeance[H5360], that he may avenge[H5358] him of his adversaries[H6862]: and the sword[H2719] shall devour[H398], and it shall be satiate[H7646] and made drunk[H7301] with their blood[H1818]: for the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] of hosts[H6635] hath a sacrifice[H2077] in the north[H6828]country[H776] by the river[H5104]Euphrates[H6578].
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Go up[H5927] into Gilead[H1568], and take[H3947]balm[H6875], O virgin[H1330], the daughter[H1323] of Egypt[H4714]: in vain[H7723] shalt thou use many[H7235]medicines[H7499]; for thou shalt not be cured[H8585].
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The nations[H1471] have heard[H8085] of thy shame[H7036], and thy cry[H6682] hath filled[H4390] the land[H776]: for the mighty[H1368]man[H1368] hath stumbled[H3782] against the mighty[H1368], and they are fallen[H5307]both[H8147]together[H3162].
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The word[H1697] that the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] to Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030], how Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] should come[H935] and smite[H5221] the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].
14Declare[H5046] ye in Egypt[H4714], and publish[H8085] in Migdol[H4024], and publish[H8085] in Noph[H5297] and in Tahpanhes[H8471]: say[H559] ye, Stand fast[H3320], and prepare[H3559] thee; for the sword[H2719] shall devour[H398] round about[H5439] thee.
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Why are thy valiant[H47] men swept away?[H5502] they stood[H5975] not, because the LORD[H3068] did drive[H1920] them.
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He made many[H7235] to fall[H3782], yea, one[H376]fell[H5307] upon another[H7453]: and they said[H559], Arise[H6965], and let us go again[H7725] to our own people[H5971], and to the land[H776] of our nativity[H4138], from[H6440] the oppressing[H3238]sword[H2719].
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They did cry[H7121] there, Pharaoh[H6547]king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714] is but a noise[H7588]; he hath passed[H5674] the time appointed[H4150].
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As I live[H2416], saith[H5002] the King[H4428], whose name[H8034] is the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], Surely as Tabor[H8396] is among the mountains[H2022], and as Carmel[H3760] by the sea[H3220], so shall he come[H935].
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O thou daughter[H1323]dwelling[H3427] in Egypt[H4714], furnish[H6213] thyself to go into captivity[H3627]: for Noph[H5297] shall be waste[H8047] and desolate[H3341] without an inhabitant[H3427].
20Egypt[H4714] is like a very fair[H3304]heifer[H5697], but destruction[H7171]cometh[H935]; it cometh[H935]out[H935] of the north[H6828].
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Also her hired men[H7916] are in the midst[H7130] of her like fatted[H4770]bullocks[H5695]; for they also are turned back[H6437], and are fled away[H5127]together[H3162]: they did not stand[H5975], because the day[H3117] of their calamity[H343] was come[H935] upon them, and the time[H6256] of their visitation[H6486].
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The voice[H6963] thereof shall go[H3212] like a serpent[H5175]; for they shall march[H3212] with an army[H2428], and come[H935] against her with axes[H7134], as hewers[H2404] of wood[H6086].
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They shall cut down[H3772] her forest[H3293], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], though it cannot be searched[H2713]; because they are more[H7231] than the grasshoppers[H697], and are innumerable[H369].
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The daughter[H1323] of Egypt[H4714] shall be confounded[H3001]; she shall be delivered[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the people[H5971] of the north[H6828].
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The LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], saith[H559]; Behold, I will punish[H6485] the multitude[H527] of No[H4996], and Pharaoh[H6547], and Egypt[H4714], with their gods[H430], and their kings[H4428]; even Pharaoh[H6547], and all them that trust[H982] in him:
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And I will deliver[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of those that seek[H1245] their lives[H5315], and into the hand[H3027] of Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and into the hand[H3027] of his servants[H5650]: and afterward[H310] it shall be inhabited[H7931], as in the days[H3117] of old[H6924], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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But fear[H3372] not thou, O my servant[H5650]Jacob[H3290], and be not dismayed[H2865], O Israel[H3478]: for, behold, I will save[H3467] thee from afar off[H7350], and thy seed[H2233] from the land[H776] of their captivity[H7628]; and Jacob[H3290] shall return[H7725], and be in rest[H8252] and at ease[H7599], and none shall make him afraid[H2729].
28Fear[H3372] thou not, O Jacob[H3290] my servant[H5650], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]: for I am with thee; for I will make[H6213] a full end[H3617] of all the nations[H1471] whither I have driven[H5080] thee: but I will not make[H6213] a full end[H3617] of thee, but correct[H3256] thee in measure[H4941]; yet will I not leave thee wholly[H5352]unpunished[H5352].