Jeremiah 46

Jeremiah 46:6

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

Swiftness of foot shall not avail the nimble; neither shall strength avail the mighty man: they shall all be cut off, and fall by the hand of the Babylonians.

Jeremiah 46:7

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

What mighty monarch is this, that cometh in like a swelling flood, and threats to sweep all before him like an impetuous torrent?

Jeremiah 46:8

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.

It is even the proud king of Egypt, that riseth up thus like a flood; and swelletch like a furious river; who is ready to say, I will go up to Chaldea itself, and will, by my powerful inundation, cover all the face of the earth; I will destroy Babylon, and kill the inhabitants of it.

Jeremiah 46:9

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

Mount on your horses, O ye Egyptians; and drive your chariots, with a furious speed: let our mighty associates of Ethiopia and Lydia, &c. come forth, and join their invincible forces with ours.

Jeremiah 46:10

For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: &c.

For this is the day, wherein the Lord God of Hosts hath a great slaughter to be made, and much effusion of man’s blood, in the country of Chaldea, by the river Euphrates. VOL. III. II II

Jeremiah 46:11

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.

Go, ye vain Egyptians, go up to Gilead, and take thence good store of balm with you, to cure the wounds which ye shall receive of the Chaldees; and yet, these precious applications shall be to no purpose, for thou shalt be past all possibility of curing.

Jeremiah 46:12

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.

All the nations round about have taken notice of thy shameful flight, and thine outcries have filled the land; for in that numerous army of thine, when it was once disordered and put to flight, one of thy mighty men stumbled upon another, and hindered each other in their escape, so as they are fallen together, under the sword of the enemy.

Jeremiah 46:14

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.

Let it be openly declared and published in all the coasts of Egypt, in Migdol, eastward; in Noph, to the south; and in Tahpanhes, to the north; that the Babylonian shall come in upon them: bid them look to themselves, and stand upon their guard, for danger, and destruction, is near unto them.

Jeremiah 46:16

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.

The foreign soldiers, which were drawn into this war, shall fall out one with another; and, whether in their mutinies or in their flight, shall be an occasion of one another’s slaughter; and, when it is too late, shall say, Let us away from hence, and return to our own country, and get us out of the reach of this destroying sword of the Babylonians.

Jeremiah 46:17

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

For, as for this Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, whom we came to aid in his wars, he is nothing but words; he talks and brags much, but he performs nothing; he undertakes and disappoints, so as no trust is to be given to him.

Jeremiah 46:18

Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

Mount Tabor is not more surely fixed among the rest of the mountains, nor Carmel is more unremovably seated upon the sea coast, than this word of mine is firmly fixed in heaven, and shall undoubtedly be performed: The king of Babylon shall come against Egypt.

Jeremiah 46:20

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

Egypt is wild and wanton with her wealth and pleasure, as

Jeremiah 46:22

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.

They shall no more loudly bellow out, but shall be glad, like a serpent, to creep into holes, and by their secret hissings and silent complaints to express their sorrows; for the Chaldean army shall march against them, and shall utterly overthrow them.

Jeremiah 46:23

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

If Egypt be as a thick well-grown forest, they shall cut down all the goodly trees therein; although they be, indeed, so many, that they are past numbering.

Jeremiah 46:25

Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, &c.

Behold, I will punish that populous city of Alexandria, the rich staple of Egypt; and Pharaoh, &c.