The wordof the LORDwhichcametoJeremiahthe prophetagainstthe Gentiles; Against Egypt, againstthe armyof Pharaoh Nechokingof Egypt, whichwasbythe riverEuphratesin Carchemish, whichNebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonsmotein the fourthyearof Jehoiakimthe sonof Josiahkingof Judah. Orderye the bucklerand shield, and draw nearto battle. Harnessthe horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forthwith your helmets; furbishthe spears, and put onthe brigandines. Whereforehave I seenthemdismayed and turned awayback? and their mighty onesare beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saiththe LORD. Let notthe swiftflee away, northe mighty manescape; they shall stumble, and falltoward the northbythe riverEuphrates. Who is this that cometh upas a flood, whose watersare movedas the rivers? Egyptriseth uplike a flood, and his watersare movedlike the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will coverthe earth; I will destroythe cityand the inhabitantsthereof. Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty mencome forth; the Ethiopiansand the Libyans, that handlethe shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bendthe bow. For this is the dayof the LordGODof hosts, a dayof vengeance, that he may avengehim of his adversaries: and the swordshall devour, and it shall be satiateand made drunkwith their blood: forthe LordGODof hostshath a sacrificein the northcountrybythe riverEuphrates. Go upinto Gilead, and takebalm, O virgin, the daughterof Egypt: in vainshalt thou use manymedicines; for thou shalt notbe cured. The nationshave heardof thy shame, and thy cryhath filledthe land: forthe mighty manhath stumbledagainst the mighty, and they are fallenbothtogether. The wordthatthe LORDspoketoJeremiahthe prophet, how Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonshould come and smitethe landof Egypt. Declareye in Egypt, and publishin Migdol, and publishin Nophand in Tahpanhes: sayye, Stand fast, and preparethee; forthe swordshall devourround aboutthee. Whyare thy valiant men swept away? they stoodnot, becausethe LORDdid drivethem. He made manyto fall, yea, onefelluponanother: and they said, Arise, and let us go againtoour own people, and tothe landof our nativity, fromthe oppressingsword. They did crythere, Pharaohkingof Egypt is but a noise; he hath passedthe time appointed. As Ilive, saiththe King, whose name is the LORDof hosts, Surelyas Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmelby the sea, so shall he come. O thou daughterdwellingin Egypt, furnishthyself to go into captivity: forNophshall bewasteand desolatewithoutan inhabitant. Egypt is like a very fairheifer, but destructioncometh; it comethout of the north. Alsoher hired men are in the midstof her like fattedbullocks; fortheyalsoare turned back, and are fled awaytogether: they did notstand, becausethe dayof their calamitywas comeuponthem, and the timeof their visitation. The voicethereof shall golike a serpent; forthey shall marchwith an army, and comeagainst her with axes, as hewersof wood. They shall cut downher forest, saiththe LORD, thoughit cannotbe searched; becausethey are morethan the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. The daughterof Egyptshall be confounded; she shall be deliveredinto the handof the peopleof the north. The LORDof hosts, the Godof Israel, saith; Behold, I will punishthe multitudeof No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, withtheir gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trustin him: And I will deliverthem into the handof those that seektheir lives, and into the handof Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylon, and into the handof his servants: and afterwardit shall be inhabited, as in the daysof old, saiththe LORD. But fearnotthou, O my servantJacob, and be notdismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will savethee from afar off, and thy seedfrom the landof their captivity; and Jacobshall return, and be in restand at ease, and noneshall make him afraid. Fearthounot, O Jacobmy servant, saiththe LORD: forI am withthee; forI will makea full endof allthe nationswhitherI have driventhee: but I will notmakea full endof thee, but correctthee in measure; yet will I notleave thee whollyunpunished.