Jeremiah 46:2–12

²To ^aEgypt, concerning the military force of ^bPharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at ^cCarchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down in the ^dfourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

³“^aArrange the shield and large shield,

And draw near for the battle!

⁴“Harness the horses,

And ¹mount the steeds,

And take your stand with helmets on!

^aPolish the spears,

Put on the ^bscale-armor!

⁵“Why have I seen it?

They are shattered;

They are ^adrawing back,

And their ^bmighty men are crushed

And have fled to refuge,

Without facing back;

^1cTerror is on every side!”

Declares Yahweh.

⁶Let not the ^aswift man flee,

Nor the mighty man escape;

In the north beside the river Euphrates

They have ^bstumbled and fallen.

⁷Who is this that ^arises like the Nile,

Like the rivers whose waters toss about?

⁸Egypt rises like the Nile,

Even like the rivers whose waters toss about;

And He has said, “I will ^arise and cover that land;

I will surely ^bcause the city to perish, as well as its inhabitants.”

⁹Go up, you horses, and ^1adrive madly, you chariots,

That the mighty men may go forth:

²Ethiopia and ^3bPut, who seize the shield,

And the ^4cLydians, who seize and bend the bow.

¹⁰Indeed, ^athat day belongs to Lord Yahweh of hosts,

A day of ^bvengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His adversaries;

And the ^csword will devour and be satiated

And ¹drink its fill of their blood;

For there will be a ^dsacrifice to Lord Yahweh of hosts

In the land of the north by the river Euphrates.

¹¹Go ^aup to Gilead and obtain balm,

^bO virgin daughter of Egypt!

In vain have you multiplied ¹remedies;

There is ^cno healing for you.

¹²The nations have heard of your ^adisgrace,

And the earth is full of your ^boutcry;

For one ^cwarrior has stumbled over ¹another,

And both of them have fallen down together.