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Jeremiah 46:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

About Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco, Egypt’s king,  which was defeated at Carchemish  on the River Euphrates by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in the fourth year of Judah’s King Jehoiakim son of Josiah:

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During his reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt  marched up to help the king of Assyria at the River Euphrates. King Josiah went to confront him, and at Megiddo  when Neco saw him he killed him.


Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol! Proclaim it in Memphis and in Tahpanhes! Say, ‘Take positions! Prepare yourself, for the sword devours all around you.’


This is the word that the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch son of Neriah  when he wrote these words on a scroll at Jeremiah’s dictation  , in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:


In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah,  king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:


Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officers, his leaders, all his people,


This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim  son of Josiah, king of Judah (which was the first year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon).


Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria  like Damascus?


I am going to send for all the families of the north”   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #”and send for my servant  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them an example of horror  and scorn, and ruins for ever.


Now look, you are relying on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff  that will pierce the hand of anyone who grabs it and leans on it.  This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who rely on him.


Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah  in the land of Hamath  to keep him from reigning in Jerusalem, and he imposed on the land a fine of 3.5 tonnes  of silver and 35 kilograms  of gold.


Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again,  for the king of Babylon took everything that had belonged to the king of Egypt,  from the Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates.


He will come and strike down the land of Egypt   #– #those destined for death, to death; those destined for captivity, to captivity; and those destined for the sword, to the sword.


A pronouncement  concerning Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. Egypt’s worthless idols will tremble before him, and Egypt will lose heart.


On that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the centre of the land of Egypt and a pillar to the Lord near her border.





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