Jeremiah 46:13-26

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁴ “Declare in Egypt and proclaim in ^(C)Migdol,
Proclaim also in Memphis and ^(D)Tahpanhes;
Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself ready,
For the ^(E)sword has devoured those around you.’
¹⁵ “Why have your ^(F)mighty ones become prostrate?
They do not stand because the Lord has ^(G)thrust them down.
¹⁶ “They have repeatedly ^(H)stumbled;
Indeed, they have fallen one against another.
Then they said, ‘Get up! And ^(I)let us go back
To our own people and our native land
Away from the ^[b](J)sword of the oppressor.’
¹⁷ “^[c]They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but ^(K)a big noise;
He has let the appointed time pass by!’
¹⁸ “As I live,” declares the ^(L)King
Whose name is the Lord of hosts,
“Surely one shall come who looms up like ^(M)Tabor among the mountains,
Or like ^(N)Carmel by the sea.
¹⁹ “Make your baggage ready for ^(O)exile,
O ^(P)daughter dwelling in Egypt,
For ^(Q)Memphis will become a desolation;
It will even be burned down and ^[d]bereft of inhabitants.
²⁰ “Egypt is a pretty ^(R)heifer,
But a ^[e]horsefly is coming ^(S)from the north—it is coming!
²¹ “Also her ^(T)mercenaries in her midst
Are like ^[f]fattened ^(U)calves,
For even they too have turned back and have fled away together;
They did not stand their ground.
For the day of their calamity has come upon them,
The time of their ^(V)punishment.
²² “Its sound moves along like a serpent;
For they move on ^[g]like an army
And come to her as woodcutters with axes.
²³ “They have cut down her ^(W)forest,” declares the Lord;
“Surely it will no more be found,
Even though ^[h]they are now more numerous than ^(X)locusts
And are without number.
²⁴ “The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame,
Given over to the ^[i]power of the ^(Y)people of the north.”