*The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet aagainst the Gentiles; 2 Against Egypt, against the army of bPharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in cCarchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote din the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

3  eOrder ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

4  fHarness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen,

And stand forth with your helmets;

ffFurbish the spears, and put on gthe brigandines.

5  Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back?

And their mighty ones are †beaten down,

And are †fled apace, and hlook not back:

For ifear was round about, saith the Lord.

6  Let not kthe swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape;

lThey shall stumble, and fall toward the north mby the river Euphrates.

7  Who is this nthat cometh up as oa flood,

Whose waters pare moved as the rivers?

8  Egypt nriseth up like oa flood,

And his waters qare moved like the rivers;

And he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth;

I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

9  Come up, ye horses; and rrage, ye chariots;

And let the mighty men come forth;

†The Ethiopians and †stthe Libyans, that handle the shield;

And stthe Lydians, tthat handle and ubend the bow.

10  vFor this is the day of the Lord God of hosts,

wA day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries:

And xthe sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and ymade drunk with their blood:

For the Lord God of hosts zhath a sacrifice

aIn the north country by the river Euphrates.

11  Go up into Gilead, and btake bbalm,

cO virgin, the daughter of Egypt:

In vain shalt thou use many medicines;

For †dthou shalt not be cured.

12  The nations have heard of thy shame,

And thy ecry hath filled the land:

For fthe mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty,

And fthey are fallen both together.