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Jeremiah 46 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:1 - That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 - For Egypt, concerning the force of Pharaoh-Necho king of Egypt, that hath been by the river Phrat, in Carchemish, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath smitten, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:3 - 'Set ye in array shield and buckler, And draw nigh to battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:4 - Gird the horses, and go up, ye horsemen, And station yourselves with helmets, Polish the javelins, put on the coats of mail.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:5 - Wherefore have I seen them dismayed -- They are turned backward, And their mighty ones are beaten down, And to a refuge they have fled, and not turned the face? Fear is round about -- an affirmation of Jehovah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:6 - The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:7 - Who is this? as a flood he cometh up, As rivers do his waters shake themselves!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:8 - Egypt, as a flood cometh up, And as rivers the waters shake themselves. And he saith, I go up; I cover the land, I destroy the city and the inhabitants in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 - Go up, ye horses; and boast yourselves, ye chariots, And go forth, ye mighty, Cush and Phut handling the shield, And Lud handling -- treading the bow.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - And that day is to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts A day of vengeance, To be avenged of His adversaries, And the sword hath devoured, and been satisfied, And it hath been watered from their blood, For a sacrifice is to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, In the land of the north, by the river Phrat.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:11 - Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt, In vain thou hast multiplied medicines, Healing there is none for thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:12 - Nations have heard of thy shame, And thy cry hath filled the land, For the mighty on the mighty did stumble, Together they have fallen -- both of them!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:13 - The word that Jehovah hath spoken unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning the coming in of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, to smite the land of Egypt:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:14 - 'Declare ye in Egypt, and sound in Migdol, Yea, sound in Noph, and in Tahpanhes say: Station thyself, yea, prepare for thee, For a sword hath devoured around thee,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:15 - Wherefore hath thy bull been swept away? He hath not stood, because Jehovah thrust him away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:16 - He hath multiplied the stumbling, Yea one hath fallen upon his neighbour, And they say: Rise, and we turn back to our people, And unto the land of our birth, Because of the oppressing sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:17 - They have cried there: Pharaoh king of Egypt is a desolation, Passed by hath the appointed time.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:18 - I live -- an affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, Surely as Tabor is among mountains, And as Carmel by the sea -- he cometh in,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:19 - Goods for removal make for thee, O inhabitant, daughter of Egypt, For Noph becometh a desolation, And hath been burnt up, without inhabitant.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:20 - A heifer very fair is Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:21 - Even her hired ones in her midst are as calves of the stall, For even they have turned, They have fled together, they have not stood, For the day of their calamity hath come on them, The time of their inspection.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - Its voice as a serpent goeth on, For with a force they go, And with axes they have come in to her, As hewers of trees.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:23 - They have cut down her forest, An affirmation of Jehovah -- for it is not searched, For they have been more than the grasshopper, And they have no numbering.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:24 - Ashamed hath been the daughter of Egypt, She hath been given into the hand of the people of the north.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:25 - Said hath Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am seeing after Amon of No, And after Pharaoh, and after Egypt, And after her gods, and after her kings, And after Pharaoh, and after those trusting in him,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:26 - And I have given them into the hand of those seeking their life, And into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of his servants, And afterwards it is inhabited, As in days of old -- an affirmation of Jehovah.
(cf. Jer 30:10, 11 )
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:27 - And thou, thou dost not fear, my servant Jacob, Nor art thou dismayed, O Israel, For lo, I am saving thee from afar, And thy seed from the land of their captivity, And Jacob hath turned back, And hath been at rest, and been at ease, And there is none disturbing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 - Thou, thou dost not fear, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah -- for with thee I am, For I make an end of all the nations Whither I have driven thee, And of thee I do not make an end, And I have reproved thee in judgment, And do not entirely acquit thee!'
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