1The word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.

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Jeremiah 1:10, Jeremiah 1:10, Romans 3:29, Jeremiah 25:15, Jeremiah 25:38

2Of Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh-Necho, the king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, smote, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah.

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2 Kings 23:29, 2 Kings 23:29, Ezekiel 29:1, Ezekiel 29:21, Jeremiah 46:14

3Prepare ye the buckler and shield, And move on to battle!

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Isaiah 21:5, Isaiah 21:5, Jeremiah 51:11, Jeremiah 51:12, Nahum 3:14

4Harness the horses, and mount, ye riders! Stand forth in your helmets; Make bright the spears, And put on the coats of mail!

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Ezekiel 21:9, Ezekiel 21:11, Ezekiel 21:9, Ezekiel 21:11, Jeremiah 51:3

5Wherefore do I see them dismayed, and turned back? Even their mighty ones are smitten; They flee apace; they look not back. Terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.

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Jeremiah 49:29, Jeremiah 6:25, Jeremiah 49:29, Jeremiah 6:25, Jeremiah 46:21

6Let not the swift attempt to flee away, Nor the mighty man to escape; Toward the North by the river Euphrates shall they stumble and fall.

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Daniel 11:19, Daniel 11:19, Jeremiah 46:12, Jeremiah 46:12, Amos 2:14

7Who is he that riseth up like the Nile, Whose waters swell like floods?

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Jeremiah 47:2, Jeremiah 47:2, Daniel 11:22, Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 8:8

8Egypt riseth up like the Nile, And like floods do his waters swell. He saith, "I will arise, I will cover the land, I will destroy the city, and them that dwell therein."

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Isaiah 37:24, Isaiah 37:26, Isaiah 10:13, Isaiah 10:16, Ezekiel 32:2

9Come up, ye horses, and rage, ye chariots! And let the mighty men go forth, The Ethiopians, and the Libyans, that bear the shield, And the Lydians, that bear and bend the bow!

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Ezekiel 27:10, Isaiah 66:19, Ezekiel 27:10, Isaiah 66:19, Nahum 3:9

10This is the day of the Lord Jehovah of hosts, A day of vengeance, to avenge himself of his enemies; And the sword shall devour, and satiate itself, And it shall be made drunk with their blood. For Jehovah of hosts hath a sacrifice In the North country, by the river Euphrates.

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Deuteronomy 32:42, Deuteronomy 32:42, Jeremiah 46:2, Joel 1:15, Jeremiah 46:2

11Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, daughter of Egypt! In vain shalt thou use many medicines; There is no cure for thee!

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Jeremiah 8:22, Jeremiah 8:22, Micah 1:9, Isaiah 47:1, Micah 1:9

12The nations have heard of thy shame, And thy cry hath filled the earth; For they have stumbled, the mighty against the mighty, And they are fallen both together.

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Nahum 3:8, Nahum 3:10, Nahum 3:8, Nahum 3:10, Jeremiah 14:2

13The word which Jehovah spake to Jeremiah the prophet, concerning the coming of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, to smite the land of Egypt.

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Jeremiah 44:30, Jeremiah 43:10, Jeremiah 43:13, Jeremiah 44:30, Jeremiah 43:10

14Declare ye in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol, Proclaim ye also in Noph and Tahpanhes! Say ye, "Stand fast and prepare thyself, For the sword shall devour round about thee!"

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Jeremiah 44:1, Jeremiah 46:10, Jeremiah 44:1, Jeremiah 46:10, Jeremiah 46:3

15Wherefore are thy mighty ones overthrown? They stood not, because Jehovah cast them down.

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Isaiah 66:15, Isaiah 66:16, Psalms 68:2, Isaiah 66:15, Isaiah 66:16

16He caused many to fall; one fell upon another; And they said, "Arise, and let us go to our own people, And to the land of our nativity, from the overpowering sword."

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Leviticus 26:36, Leviticus 26:37, Leviticus 26:36, Leviticus 26:37, Jeremiah 51:9

17There they cry, "Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is undone! He hath let pass the appointed time."

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Isaiah 19:11, Isaiah 19:16, Isaiah 19:11, Isaiah 19:16, 1 Kings 20:10

18As I live, saith the King, Whose name is Jehovah of hosts: Like Tabor among the mountains, And like Carmel by the sea, he cometh! Prepare thyself travelling equipage,

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Jeremiah 48:15, Jeremiah 48:15, Judges 4:6, Joshua 19:22, Judges 4:6

19Thou who dwellest in Egypt! For Noph shall become waste, Yea, desolate without an inhabitant.

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Isaiah 20:4, Isaiah 20:4, Jeremiah 48:18, Jeremiah 48:18, Ezekiel 30:13

20Egypt is a fair heifer, But destruction cometh; it cometh from the North.

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Hosea 10:11, Jeremiah 47:2, Hosea 10:11, Jeremiah 47:2, Jeremiah 46:6

21Her mercenaries also in the midst of her are like fatted bullocks; Yet they also turn back; they flee together; they stand not; For the day of their calamity is come upon them, And the time of their punishment.

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2 Kings 7:6, Jeremiah 46:5, 2 Kings 7:6, Jeremiah 46:5, Psalms 37:13

22Her voice shall be heard like that of a serpent, When they shall march against her with their forces, And come against her with axes like fellers of trees.

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Isaiah 29:4, Isaiah 14:8, Isaiah 29:4, Isaiah 14:8, Micah 1:8

23They shall cut down her forest, though it be impenetrable; For they exceed the locusts in multitude, And are innumerable.

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Judges 7:12, Judges 7:12, Judges 6:5, Judges 6:5, Joel 2:25

24The daughter of Egypt is brought to shame; She is given into the hand of the people of the North.

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Jeremiah 1:15, Jeremiah 1:15, Jeremiah 46:11, Psalms 137:8, Jeremiah 46:19

25Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish Ammon of No, And Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods and their kings; Even Pharaoh and all that trust in him.

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Zephaniah 2:11, Isaiah 20:5, Isaiah 20:6, Exodus 12:12, Jeremiah 43:12

26And I will deliver them into the hands of those that seek their lives, And into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, And into the hand of his servants. But after this it shall be inhabited, As in the days of old, saith Jehovah.

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Jeremiah 44:30, Ezekiel 32:11, Jeremiah 44:30, Ezekiel 32:11, Ezekiel 29:8

27But fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, And be not thou dismayed, O Israel! For, behold, I will bring thee safe from afar, And thy posterity from the land of their captivity; And Jacob shall return and be at rest, Yea, he shall be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

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Isaiah 43:5, Isaiah 43:5, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 43:1, Jeremiah 30:10

28Fear thou not, O Jacob, my servant, saith Jehovah, For I will be with thee; When I shall make a full end of all the nations Whither I have dispersed thee, Yet will I not make a full end of thee; I will correct thee in measure; Yet must I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

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Revelation 3:19, Revelation 3:19, Jeremiah 30:11, 1 Corinthians 11:32, Jeremiah 10:24