Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said, ‘May the gods punish me and do so severely if Samaria’s dust amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.’
Jeremiah 46:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised There they will cry out, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he let the opportune moment pass.’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is destroyed and is only a noise; he has let the appointed time [in which God had him on probation] pass by! American Standard Version (1901) They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by. Common English Bible There they call Pharaoh, Egypt’s king, Loudmouth—Nothing But Hot Air! Catholic Public Domain Version Call the name of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt: 'Time has brought tumult.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Call ye the name of Pharao king Egypt: a tumult time hath brought. |
Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said, ‘May the gods punish me and do so severely if Samaria’s dust amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.’
The king of Israel answered, ‘Say this: “Don’t let the one who puts on his armour boast like the one who takes it off.” ’
So he said, ‘If they have marched out in peace, take them alive, and if they have marched out for battle, take them alive.’
But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
The enemy said: ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My desire will be gratified at their expense. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven:
Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the Lord raises his hand to strike, the helper will stumble and the one who is helped will fall; both will perish together.
Speak to him and say, “This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster , lying in the middle of his Nile, who says, ‘My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.’
‘ “Who then are you like in glory and greatness among Eden’s trees? You also will be brought down to the underworld to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his hordes. This is the declaration of the Lord God.” ’