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A Message About Egypt
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This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations: SCode Jer 1:5 Jer 25:13 Jer 25:15~26
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Concerning Egypt: This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: SCode 2Ki 23:29 2Chr 35:20 Jer 25:1 Jer 36:1 Jer 45:1
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"Prepare your shields, both large and small, and march out for battle! SCode Jer 51:11
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Harness the horses, mount the steeds! Take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears, put on your armor! SCode Jer 46:3 Nah 3:2
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What do I see? They are terrified, they are retreating, their warriors are defeated. They flee in haste without looking back, and there is terror on every side," declares the Lord. SCode 2Sam 1:19 2Sam 1:25 Jer 47:3 Jer 6:25
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"The swift cannot flee nor the strong escape. In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall. SCode Jer 46:2 Dan 11:19
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"Who is this that rises like the Nile, like rivers of surging waters? SCode Isa 8:7~8 Jer 47:2 Ezk 32:2 Dan 11:22
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Egypt rises like the Nile, like rivers of surging waters. She says, ’I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy cities and their people.’ SCode
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Charge, you horses! Drive furiously, you charioteers! March on, you warriors - men of Cush and Put who carry shields, men of Lydia who draw the bow. SCode Jdg 5:22 Isa 66:19 Ezk 27:10 Nah 3:2
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But that day belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty - a day of vengeance, for vengeance on his foes. The sword will devour till it is satisfied, till it has quenched its thirst with blood. For the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will offer sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates. SCode Isa 34:5 Isa 34:6 Isa 13:9 Isa 1:24 Jer 46:2 Jer 46:6 Jer 46:14 Jer 50:15 Jol 1:15
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"Go up to Gilead and get balm, Virgin Daughter Egypt. But you try many medicines in vain; there is no healing for you. SCode Jer 8:22 Ezk 30:21
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The nations will hear of your shame; your cries will fill the earth. One warrior will stumble over another; both will fall down together." SCode Jer 46:6
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This is the message the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to attack Egypt: SCode Isa 19:4 Jer 43:10~11 Jer 44:30 Ezk 29:10
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"Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it also in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ’Take your positions and get ready, for the sword devours those around you.’ SCode Jer 44:1 Jer 46:3~4 Jer 46:10
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Why will your warriors be laid low? They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.
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They will stumble repeatedly; they will fall over each other. They will say, ’Get up, let us go back to our own people and our native lands, away from the sword of the oppressor.’ SCode Lev 26:37 Jer 50:16
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There they will exclaim, ’Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise; he has missed his opportunity.’ SCode Isa 30:7
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"As surely as I live," declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty, "one will come who is like Tabor among the mountains, like Carmel by the sea. SCode Jdg 4:6 1Ki 18:42 1Ki 18:44 Isa 48:2 Isa 47:4 Jer 4:2 Jer 48:15 Jer 51:57
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Pack your belongings for exile, you who live in Egypt, for Memphis will be laid waste and lie in ruins without inhabitant. SCode Jer 44:1 Jer 4:7 Jer 48:18 Ezk 12:3
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"Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly is coming against her from the north. SCode Jer 46:6~7 Jer 46:10 Jer 1:13 Jer 46:24 Hos 10:11
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The mercenaries in her ranks are like fattened calves. They too will turn and flee together, they will not stand their ground, for the day of disaster is coming upon them, the time for them to be punished. SCode Jer 50:27 Amo 6:4 Mal 4:2
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Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent as the enemy advances in force; they will come against her with axes, like men who cut down trees. SCode Isa 29:4 Isa 14:8 Isa 10:34
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They will chop down her forest," declares the Lord, "dense though it be. They are more numerous than locusts, they cannot be counted. SCode Jdg 6:5 Jdg 7:12 Jer 46:22
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Daughter Egypt will be put to shame, given into the hands of the people of the north." SCode Jer 46:20~21
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The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes, on Pharaoh, on Egypt and her gods and her kings, and on those who rely on Pharaoh. SCode Jer 43:12 Ezk 30:14~16 Nah 3:8
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I will give them into the hands of those who want to kill them - Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited as in times past," declares the Lord. SCode Isa 51:9 Isa 19:22~25 Jer 44:30 Ezk 30:4 Ezk 32:11 Ezk 29:13~14
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"Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, Israel. I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid. SCode Isa 43:5 Jer 30:10~11
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Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant, for I am with you," declares the Lord. "Though I completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you but only in due measure; I will not let you go entirely unpunished." SCode Jer 10:24 Jer 46:27
NIV Footnotes
  1. 46:9 That is, the upper Nile region
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