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 <H0894> smote <H5221> in the fourth <H7243> year <H8141> of Jehoiakim <H3079> the son <H1121> of Josiah <H2977> king <H4428> of Judah. <H3063>
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Order <H6186> ye the buckler <H4043> and shield, <H6793> and draw near <H5066> to battle. <H4421>
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Harness <H0631> 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 away <H5472> back? <H0268> 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>
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Egypt <H4714> riseth up <H5927> like a flood, <H2975> and [his] waters <H4325> are moved <H1607> like the rivers; <H5104> and he saith, <H0559> I will go up, <H5927> [and] will cover <H3680> the earth; <H0776> I will destroy <H0006> 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 <H0136> 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, <H0398> and it shall be satiate <H7646> and made drunk <H7301> with their blood: <H1818> for the Lord <H0136> GOD <H3069> of hosts <H6635> hath a sacrifice <H2077> in the north <H6828> country <H0776> 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: <H0776> for the mighty 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 <H0894> should come <H0935> [and] smite <H5221> the land <H0776> of Egypt. <H4714>
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Declare <H5046> ye in Egypt, <H4714> and publish <H8085> in Migdol, <H4024> and publish <H8085> in Noph <H5297> and in Tahpanhes: <H8471> say <H0559> ye, Stand fast, <H3320> and prepare <H3559> thee; for the sword <H2719> shall devour <H0398> round about <H5439> thee.
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Why are thy valiant <H0047> [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 <H0376> fell <H5307> upon another: <H7453> and they said, <H0559> Arise, <H6965> and let us go again <H7725> to our own people, <H5971> and to the land <H0776> 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. <H0935>
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O thou daughter <H1323> dwelling <H3427> in Egypt, <H4714> furnish <H6213> thyself <H3627> to go into captivity: <H1473> for Noph <H5297> shall be waste <H8047> and desolate <H3341> without an inhabitant. <H3427>
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Egypt <H4714> [is like] a very fair <H3304> heifer, <H5697> [but] destruction <H7171> cometh; <H0935> it cometh <H0935> out of the north. <H6828>
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Also her hired <H7916> men [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 <H0343> was come <H0935> 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 <H0935> 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, <H0697> and [are] innumerable. <H0369> <H4557>
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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 <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> saith; <H0559> Behold, I will punish <H6485> the multitude <H0527><H0528> of No, <H4996> and Pharaoh, <H6547> and Egypt, <H4714> with their gods, <H0430> and their kings; <H4428> even Pharaoh, <H6547> and [all] them that trust <H0982> 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, <H0894> and into the hand <H3027> of his servants: <H5650> and afterward <H0310> 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 <H0776> 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>
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Fear <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>