Jeremiah 46:22 - Easy To Read Version22 Egypt is like a snake hissing\par and trying to escape.\par The enemy comes closer and closer,\par and the Egyptian army is trying\par to slither away (escape).\par The enemy will attack Egypt with axes,\par like men cutting down trees.”\par Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 176922 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition22 The sound [of Egypt fleeing from the enemy] is like the rustling of an escaping serpent, for her foes advance with a mighty army and come against her with axes, like those who fell trees and cut wood. Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)22 The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible22 Like the sound of a snake hissing as it slithers away is Egypt as armies approach in force; they come against her with axes, like woodcutters. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version22 Her voice will sound out like brass. For they will rush forward with an army, and with axes they will come against her, like those who chop wood. Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version22 Her voice shall sound like brass: for they shall hasten with an army, and with axes they shall come against her, as hewers of wood. Féach an chaibidil |
An axe is not better than the person that cuts with it. A saw is not better than the person that saws with it. \{But Assyria thinks he is more important and powerful than God.\} And this is like a stick being more powerful and important than the person that picks it up and uses it to punish someone.
You sent your officers\par to insult the Lord my Master.\par You said,\par ‘\{I am very powerful!\}\par I have many, many chariots. {\cf2\super [354]} \par \{With my power I defeated Lebanon.\}\par I climbed the highest mountains\par of Lebanon. {\cf2\super [355]} \par I cut down all the great trees (armies)\par of Lebanon.\par I have been to the highest mountain\par and into the deepest part of that forest.\par
The Lord says these things.\par “They will chop down Egypt’s\par forest (army).\par There are many trees (soldiers)\par in that forest (army)\par but they will all be cut down.\par There are more enemy soldiers than locusts. {\cf2\super [368]} \par There are so many soldiers,\par that no person can count them.\par