<vn='1'>The <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="1471">Gentiles</s>; </v>
<vn='2'>Against <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="2428">army</s> of Pharaoh <sn="6549">Necho</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="5104">river</s><sn="6578">Euphrates</s> in <sn="3751">Carchemish</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s><sn="5221">smote</s> in the <sn="7243">fourth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="6186">Order</s> ye the <sn="4043">buckler</s> and <sn="6793">shield</s>, and draw <sn="5066">near</s> to <sn="4421">battle</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="631">Harness</s> the <sn="5483">horses</s>; and get <sn="5927">up</s>, ye <sn="6571">horsemen</s>, and stand <sn="3320">forth</s> with your <sn="3553">helmets</s>; <sn="4838">furbish</s> the <sn="7420">spears</s>, and put <sn="3847">on</s> the <sn="5630">brigandines</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="4069">Wherefore</s> have I <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="1992">them</s><sn="2844">dismayed</s> and turned <sn="5472">away</s><sn="268">back</s>? and their mighty <sn="1368">ones</s> are beaten <sn="3807">down</s>, and are fled <sn="4498 5127">apace</s>, and look not <sn="6437 3808">back</s>: for <sn="4032">fear</s> was round <sn="4480 5439">about</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Let <sn="408">not</s> the <sn="7031">swift</s> flee <sn="5127">away</s>, <sn="408">nor</s> the mighty <sn="1368">man</s><sn="4422">escape</s>; they shall <sn="3782">stumble</s>, and <sn="5307">fall</s> toward the <sn="6828">north</s><sn="5921 3027">by</s> the <sn="5104">river</s><sn="6578">Euphrates</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="4310">Who</s> is <sn="2088">this</s> that cometh <sn="5927">up</s> as a <sn="2975">flood</s>, whose <sn="4325">waters</s> are <sn="1607">moved</s> as the <sn="5104">rivers</s>? </v>
<vn='8'><sn="4714">Egypt</s> riseth <sn="5927">up</s> like a <sn="2975">flood</s>, and his <sn="4325">waters</s> are <sn="1607">moved</s> like the <sn="5104">rivers</s>; and he <sn="559">saith</s>, I will go <sn="5927">up</s>, and will <sn="3680">cover</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>; I will <sn="6">destroy</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> and the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='9'>Come <sn="5927">up</s>, ye <sn="5483">horses</s>; and <sn="1984">rage</s>, ye <sn="7393">chariots</s>; and let the mighty <sn="1368">men</s> come <sn="3318">forth</s>; the <sn="3568">Ethiopians</s> and the <sn="6316">Libyans</s>, that <sn="8610">handle</s> the <sn="4043">shield</s>; and the <sn="3866">Lydians</s>, that <sn="8610">handle</s> and <sn="1869">bend</s> the <sn="7198">bow</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>For <sn="1931">this</s> is the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, a <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="5360">vengeance</s>, that he may <sn="5358">avenge</s> him of his <sn="4480 6862">adversaries</s>: and the <sn="2719">sword</s> shall <sn="398">devour</s>, and it shall be <sn="7646">satiate</s> and made <sn="7301">drunk</s> with their <sn="4480 1818">blood</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> hath a <sn="2077">sacrifice</s> in the <sn="6828">north</s><sn="776">country</s><sn="413">by</s> the <sn="5104">river</s><sn="6578">Euphrates</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Go <sn="5927">up</s> into <sn="1568">Gilead</s>, and <sn="3947">take</s><sn="6875">balm</s>, O <sn="1330">virgin</s>, the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>: in <sn="7723">vain</s> shalt thou use <sn="7235">many</s><sn="7499">medicines</s>; for thou shalt <sn="369">not</s> be <sn="8585">cured</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>The <sn="1471">nations</s> have <sn="8085">heard</s> of thy <sn="7036">shame</s>, and thy <sn="6682">cry</s> hath <sn="4390">filled</s> the <sn="776">land</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the mighty <sn="1368">man</s> hath <sn="3782">stumbled</s> against the <sn="1368">mighty</s>, and they are <sn="5307">fallen</s><sn="8147">both</s><sn="3162">together</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>The <sn="1697">word</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, how <sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> should <sn="935">come</s> and <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="5046">Declare</s> ye in <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, and <sn="8085">publish</s> in <sn="4024">Migdol</s>, and <sn="8085">publish</s> in <sn="5297">Noph</s> and in <sn="8471">Tahpanhes</s>: <sn="559">say</s> ye, Stand <sn="3320">fast</s>, and <sn="3559">prepare</s> thee; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s> shall <sn="398">devour</s> round <sn="5439">about</s> thee. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="4069">Why</s> are thy <sn="47">valiant</s> men swept <sn="5502">away</s>? they <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> did <sn="1920">drive</s> them. </v>
<vn='16'>He made <sn="7235">many</s> to <sn="3782">fall</s>, <sn="1571">yea</s>, <sn="376">one</s><sn="5307">fell</s><sn="413">upon</s><sn="7453">another</s>: and they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6965">Arise</s>, and let us go <sn="7725">again</s><sn="413">to</s> our own <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of our <sn="4138">nativity</s>, <sn="4480 6440">from</s> the <sn="3238">oppressing</s><sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>They did <sn="7121">cry</s><sn="8033">there</s>, <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> is but a <sn="7588">noise</s>; he hath <sn="5674">passed</s> the time <sn="4150">appointed</s>. </v>
<vn='18'> As <sn="589">I</s><sn="2416">live</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="4428">King</s>, whose <sn="8034">name</s> is the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, <sn="3588">Surely</s> as <sn="8396">Tabor</s> is among the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, and as <sn="3760">Carmel</s> by the <sn="3220">sea</s>, so shall he <sn="935">come</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>O thou <sn="1323">daughter</s><sn="3427">dwelling</s> in <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, <sn="3627 6213">furnish</s> thyself to go into <sn="1473">captivity</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="5297">Noph</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="8047">waste</s> and <sn="3341">desolate</s><sn="4480 369">without</s> an <sn="3427">inhabitant</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="4714">Egypt</s> is like a very <sn="3304">fair</s><sn="5697">heifer</s>, but <sn="7171">destruction</s><sn="935">cometh</s>; it <sn="935">cometh</s> out of the <sn="4480 6828">north</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1571">Also</s> her hired <sn="7916">men</s> are in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of her like <sn="4770">fatted</s><sn="5695">bullocks</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="1571">also</s> are turned <sn="6437">back</s>, and are fled <sn="5127">away</s><sn="3162">together</s>: they did <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5975">stand</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> of their <sn="343">calamity</s> was <sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them, and the <sn="6256">time</s> of their <sn="6486">visitation</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>The <sn="6963">voice</s> thereof shall <sn="1980">go</s> like a <sn="5175">serpent</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> they shall <sn="1980">march</s> with an <sn="2428">army</s>, and <sn="935">come</s> against her with <sn="7134">axes</s>, as <sn="2404">hewers</s> of <sn="6086">wood</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>They shall cut <sn="3772">down</s> her <sn="3293">forest</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3588">though</s> it <sn="3808">cannot</s> be <sn="2713">searched</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> they are <sn="7231">more</s> than the <sn="4480 697">grasshoppers</s>, and are <sn="369 4557">innumerable</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>The <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> shall be <sn="3001">confounded</s>; she shall be <sn="5414">delivered</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="6828">north</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="559">saith</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="6485 413">punish</s> the <sn="528">multitude</s> of <sn="4480 4996">No</s>, and <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s>, and <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, <sn="5921">with</s> their <sn="430">gods</s>, and their <sn="4428">kings</s>; even <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s>, and all them that <sn="982">trust</s> in him: </v>
<vn='26'>And I will <sn="5414">deliver</s> them into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of those that <sn="1245">seek</s> their <sn="5315">lives</s>, and into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of his <sn="5650">servants</s>: and <sn="310 3651">afterward</s> it shall be <sn="7931">inhabited</s>, as in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="6924">old</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>But <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="859">thou</s>, O my <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="3290">Jacob</s>, and be <sn="408">not</s><sn="2865">dismayed</s>, O <sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="3588">for</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, I will <sn="3467">save</s> thee from afar <sn="4480 7350">off</s>, and thy <sn="2233">seed</s> from the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of their <sn="7628">captivity</s>; and <sn="3290">Jacob</s> shall <sn="7725">return</s>, and be in <sn="8252">rest</s> and at <sn="7599">ease</s>, and <sn="369">none</s> shall make him <sn="2729">afraid</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="3372">Fear</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="408">not</s>, O <sn="3290">Jacob</s> my <sn="5650">servant</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="589">I</s> am <sn="854">with</s> thee; <sn="3588">for</s> I will <sn="6213">make</s> a full <sn="3617">end</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s><sn="834 8033">whither</s> I have <sn="5080">driven</s> thee: but I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">make</s> a full <sn="3617">end</s> of thee, but <sn="3256">correct</s> thee in <sn="4941">measure</s>; yet will I <sn="3808">not</s> leave thee <sn="5352">wholly</s><sn="5352">unpunished</s>. </v>