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Jeremiah 46:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Why have I seen this? They are terrified, they are retreating, their warriors are crushed, they flee headlong, they never look back, terror is on every side! This is the  Lord’s declaration.

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They will take their tents and their flocks along with their tent curtains and all their equipment. They will take their camels for themselves. They will call out to them, ‘Terror is on every side! ’


Don’t go out to the fields; don’t walk on the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.


Even her mercenaries among her are like stall-fed calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee; they will not take their stand, for the day of their calamity is coming on them, the time of their punishment.


Nineveh has been like a pool of water from her first days, but they are fleeing. ‘Stop! Stop! ’ they cry, but no one turns back.


I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you, and their kings will shudder with fear because of you when I brandish my sword in front of them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment  for his life.


Why have your strong ones been swept away? Each has not stood, for the Lord has thrust him down.


For I have heard the gossip of many people, ‘Terror is on every side! Report him; let’s report him! ’ Everyone I trusted  watches for my fall. ‘Perhaps he will be deceived so that we might prevail against him and take our vengeance on him.’


On that day Egypt will be like women and will tremble with fear because of the threatening hand of the Lord of Armies when he raises it against them.


As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them  said, ‘Run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away! ’


Therefore the Lord’s anger burned  against his people. He raised his hand against them and struck them; the mountains quaked, and their corpses were like rubbish in the streets. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.


They will be horrified; pain and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labour. They will look at each other, their faces flushed with fear.


They will be turned back and utterly ashamed – those who trust in an idol and say to a cast image, “You are our gods! ”


Look, I am about to bring terror on you   – this is the declaration of the Lord  God of Armies – from all those around you. You will be banished, each person headlong, with no one to gather up the fugitives.


You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the earth’s princes: rams, lambs, male goats, and all the fattened bulls of Bashan.


‘Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! ’ There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.


The great day of the  Lord is near, near and rapidly approaching. Listen, the day of the  Lord  – then the warrior’s cry is bitter.





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