Yirmeyahu 46 ירמיהו מ״ו

The word of the Lord which came to Yirmeyahu the prophet against the nations;

against Miżrayim, against the army of Par῾o Nekho, king of Miżrayim, which was by the river Perat in Karkemish, whom Nevukhadreżżar king of Bavel smote in the fourth year of Yehoyaqim the son of Yoshiyyahu king of Yehuda.

Order the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

Harness the horses; and mount, O horsemen, and stand to with your helmets; polish the spears, and put on the coats of mail.

Why have I seen them dismayed and turning back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled away, and they do not look back: terror all around, says the Lord.

Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall towards the north by the river Perat.

Who is this that rises like the River, and like streams of turbulent waters?

Miżrayim rises like the River, and like streams of turbulent waters: and he says I will go up, and I will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.

Come up, O horses; and rage, O chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; Kush and Put, that handle the shield; and Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.

For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be sated, and drink its fill of their blood: for the Lord God of hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Perat.

Go up to Gil῾ad, and take balm, O virgin, daughter of Miżrayim: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry has filled the land: for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, and they are both fallen together.

The word that the Lord spoke to Yirmeyahu the prophet, how Nevukhadreżżar king of Bavel should come and smite the land of Miżrayim.

Declare in Miżrayim, and publish in Migdol, and report in Nof and in Taĥpanĥes: say, Stand to, and prepare thyself; for the sword shall devour round about thee.

Why are thy valiant men swept away? None of them stood, because the Lord did thrust him down.

He made many to fall, indeed, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

They did cry there, Par῾o king of Miżrayim is but a noise; he has passed the time appointed.

As I live, says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, Surely as Tavor is among the mountains, and as Karmel by the sea, so shall he come.

O thou daughter dwelling in Miżrayim, furnish thyself with the baggage of Exile: for Nof shall be waste and desolate without inhabitant.

Miżrayim is like a very fair heifer, but destruction comes; it comes out of the north.

Also her hired men in the midst of her are like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their punishment.

Her sound is like that of a snake on the move; for they shall march with force and come against her with axes, like hewers of wood.

They shall cut down her forest, says the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more numerous than locusts, and are innumerable.

The daughter of Miżrayim shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

The Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el, says; Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Par῾o and Miżrayim, with their gods, and their kings; even Par῾o, and all those who trust in him:

and I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nevukhadreżżar king of Bavel, and into the hand of his servants: and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says the Lord.

But fear not thou, O my servant Ya῾aqov, and be not dismayed, O Yisra᾽el: for, behold, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Ya῾aqov shall return, and be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

Fear thou not, O Ya῾aqov my servant, says the Lord: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in due measure; yet will I not utterly destroy thee.