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Jeremiah 47:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

This is what the Lord says: Look, water is rising from the north and becoming an overflowing wadi. It will overflow the land and everything in it, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and every inhabitant of the land will wail.

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Egypt is a beautiful young cow, but a horsefly from the north is coming against her.  ,


From Dan, the snorting of horses is heard. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all its residents.


Then the Lord said to me, ‘Disaster will be poured out  from the north  on all who live in the land.


He also said to me, ‘The waters you saw,  where the prostitute was seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.


Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls  came and spoke with me: ‘Come, I will show you the judgement of the notorious prostitute  , who is seated on many  waters.


Come now, you rich  people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.


But if someone says to you, ‘This is food from a sacrifice’, do not eat it,  out of consideration for the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience.


since the earth is the Lord’s,   and all that is in it.   ,


But he will completely destroy Nineveh with an overwhelming flood, and he will chase his enemies into darkness.


A flood of forces will be swept away before him; they will be broken, as well as the covenant prince.


‘How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughing-stock and a shock to all those around him.’


This is the word the Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about the coming of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to defeat the land of Egypt:


They will fear the name of the  Lord in the west and his glory in the east;  , for he will come like a rushing stream driven by the wind of the  Lord.


And I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the mason’s level.’ Hail will sweep away the false refuge, and water will flood your hiding place.


A pronouncement  concerning the Valley of Vision: What’s the matter with you? Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?


For their cry echoes throughout the territory of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; their wailing reaches Beer-elim.


Wail, you gates!  Cry out, city! Tremble with fear,  all Philistia! For a cloud of dust is coming from the north, and there is no one missing from the invader’s ranks.


This is what the Lord says: Look,  an army is coming from a northern land; a great nation will be stirred up from the remote regions of the earth.


The nations have heard of your dishonour, and your cries fill the earth, because warrior stumbles against warrior and together both of them have fallen.


Daughter Egypt will be put to shame, handed over to a northern people.





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