The Lord has Jeremiah Tell Them, Egypt is Coming Like a Flood |
Jeremiah 46:1-28 The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks] |
The Word of the Lord, [that] came to Jeremiah, the prophet, against: the Gentiles; Egypt & the army of Pharaoh Necho, [Egypt's] king, [who were] by the Euphrates River in Carchemish. |
[When] Nebuchadrezzar, [a.k.a. Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's] king, [struck] in the 4th year of Jehoiakim, [Josiah's] son, [Judah's] king. You [put yourselves in] order [with] the [small shields] & the shield & [come close for] battle. |
Harness the horses & get up you horsemen & stand with your helmets & [shine] the spears & put on the [armour.] [For what reason,] have I seen them [discouraged] & [gone astray?] And their mighty ones are [defeated] & [have speedily] fled & [didn't] look back: for fear was [all around them,] says the Lord. |
[Don't] let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. They shall stumble & fall toward the North, by the Euphrates River, Who is this that comes up [like] a flood, whose waters [move like] rivers? [Isaiah 8:7-8 Therefore, now watch, the Lord brings upon them the waters of the river, strong & mighty, even the king of Assyria & all his glory. |
And he shall come up over all [its canals] & go over all [its] banks. And he shall pass through Judah & shall overflow & go over. He shall even reach to the neck & [with] his [outstretched] wings, shall fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.] |
Egypt rises up like a flood & [its] waters are moved like the rivers. And he said, I will go up & will cover the earth. I will destroy the city & [its] inhabitants. You horses, come up & you chariots, come up & [roar.] And let the mighty men come [out.] |
The Ethiopians & Libyans, [a.k.a. Cush & Put or Phut, who] handle the shield & the Lydians, [a.k.a. Ludim, who] handle & bend the bow. For this is the day of the Lord God of Hosts, a day of vengeance, [so] that He may avenge [Himself] of His [enemies.] |
And the sword shall devour & it shall be [satisfied] & made drunk with their blood. For the Lord God of Hosts has a sacrifice in the North country by the Euphrates River. Go up into Gilead & take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt. You shall use many medicines in vain: for you shall not be cured. [Jeremiah 8:22 Isn't there [any] balm in Gilead; isn't there [any] physician there? Why hasn't the health of the daughter of My people recovered?] |
The nations have heard of your shame. And your [out] cry has filled the land: for the mighty man has stumbled against the [strong] & they [have] both fallen together. The Word that the Lord [spoke] to Jeremiah, the prophet, [about] how [Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's] king, [would] come & [strike] the land of Egypt. |
You, declare in Egypt & publish in: Migdol; Noph; & Tahpanhes; & you say, Prepare [yourselves] & stand [strong]; for the sword shall devour [all around] you. Why are your valiant men swept away? They [didn't stand,] because the Lord [drove] them [away.] |
He made many fall, [yes,] one fell upon another. And they said, Arise & let us [return] again to our own people [away from] the [oppressive] sword, to the land [in which we were born.] They [cried out] there. But to Pharaoh, [Egypt's] king, [it's just] noise. He has passed the [allotted] time [to be of assistance.] |
[Isaiah 31:1 Woe to [those who] go down to Egypt for help & [rely] on horses & trust in: chariots, because [there] are many & in horsemen, because they are very strong. But they [don't] look to the Holy One of Israel, neither [do they] seek the Lord!] |
As I Live, says the King, Whose Name is the Lord of Hosts, Surely, [like] Tabor is among the mountains & [like] Carmel [is] by the sea, so shall he come. O you daughter, dwelling in Egypt, [prepare] yourself to go into captivity. For Noph shall be [wastelands] & desolate without [inhabitants.] |
Egypt is life a [desirable] heifer, but destruction comes. It comes out of the North. Also, her hired men, [a.k.a. mercenaries,] are in the midst of her, like [fattened bulls.] For they also [have returned] back & have fled away together. They didn't stand, because the day of their calamity [had] come upon them & the time of their visitation, [a.k.a. punishment.] |
The [sound] [of her hired men] shall go like a serpent. For they shall march with an army & come against her with axes, [like lumberjacks cutting] wood. The Lord says, They are innumerable, though it can't be [researched;] because they are more than the grasshoppers & shall cut down her forest. [Isaiah 10:19-21 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, [so] that a child may write them. |
And it shall [happen during,] that day, the [rest] of Israel of the house of Jacob, [who escape] shall no [longer rely] upon him, [who struck] them; but shall [depend] upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in Truth. The [rest] shall return to the mighty God, even [those remaining from] Jacob.] |
The daughter of Egypt shall be [ashamed] & she shall be delivered into the hand, [a.k.a. under the control,] of the people of the North. The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: [Watch,] I will punish the multitude of: No; Pharaoh; & Egypt, with their gods & their kings, even Pharaoh & all [who] trust in him. |
[Isaiah 31:3 Now, the Egyptians are men & not God. And their horses are flesh & not Spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out His hand, both he, [who helps] shall fall down & he, [who is helped] shall fall down & they shall fall down together.] |
And the Lord says, I will deliver them into the hand of those, [who] seek their lives & into the hand of [Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's] king & into the hand of his servants. And afterward, it shall be inhabited [like during] the days [in the past.] But [don't] you fear, O My servant, Jacob & [don't] be [discouraged,] O Israel. |
For, [look,] I will save you & your [descendants] from [far away,] from the land of their captivity. And Jacob shall return & [shall have peace] & rest & none shall make him afraid. The Lord says, [Don't be afraid,] O Jacob, My servant, For I Am with you. For I will make a [complete] end of all the nations [where] I have driven you. |
[Ezekiel 23:37-39 They have committed adultery & blood is [on] their hands. And they have committed adultery with their idols. And have also caused their sons, whom they [bore] to Me, to pass through the fire, to devour them, for [idols.] [Also,] they have done this to Me. |
They have defiled My sanctuary & [on] the same day, have [defiled] My Sabbaths. For when they had [sacrificed] their children to their idols, they then came the same day into My sanctuary to [defile] it. And, [look,] they have done [this] in the midst of [My] house.] |
But I won't make a [complete] end of you, but [will] correct you in [due time.] [Still,] I won't leave you [totally] unpunished. |