Jeremiah Chapter 46
So God hit up Jeremiah with a message about the vibes going on with the nations.
The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;
This one’s about Egypt, Pharaoh’s crew over by the Euphrates, where Nebuchadrezzar wrecked them in the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign.
Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
Get your shields and bucklers ready; it’s about to pop off in battle.
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Saddle up those horses; horsemen, get your helmets on; sharpen those spears and throw on that armor.
Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with {your} helmets; furbish the spears, {and} put on the brigandines.
Why am I seeing them shook and backing out? Their strong ones are down, and they’re bolting fast, no looking back—fear’s everywhere, says the Lord.
Wherefore have I seen them dismayed {and} turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: {for} fear {was} round about, saith the LORD. {beaten...: Heb. broken in pieces} {fled...: Heb. fled a flight}
Don't let the speedy ones bounce, nor the tough guys escape; they’ll trip and fall heading north by the Euphrates.
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
Who's rolling up like a flood, with waters flowing like rivers?
Who {is} this {that} cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
Egypt’s coming up like a flood, waters streaming like rivers; saying, “I’m about to cover the land, wreck the city and everyone in it.”
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and {his} waters are 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.
Let’s ride, horses! Bring the chaos, chariots; let the strong ones step up; Ethiopians and Libyans with shields, and Lydians with bows.
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle {and} bend the bow. {the Ethiopians: Heb. Cush} {the Libyans: Heb. Put}
This is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day for retribution; the sword's gonna feast, getting wild on their blood—God’s lined up a sacrifice in the north by the Euphrates.
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 satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Slide over to Gilead and grab that balm, fam; but no cap, those meds ain’t gonna heal you.
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; {for} thou shalt not be cured. {thou shalt...: Heb. no cure shall be unto thee}
The nations peeped your shame, and your cries are echoing all over the land: strong ones tripped and fell together, it's a scene.
The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, {and} they are fallen both together.
The Lord dropped a word to Jeremiah about how Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, is gonna roll through and mess up Egypt.
The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come {and} smite the land of Egypt.
Shout it out in Egypt, let Migdol and Noph know, and tell Tahpanhes: stand strong and get ready; the sword's coming for ya.
Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
Why are your brave peeps getting wiped? They couldn’t hack it, 'cause the Lord pushed them out.
Why are thy valiant {men} swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.
A bunch fell hard, like one on another: they were like, “Let’s bounce back to our homies and our homeland, away from this savage sword.”
He made many to fall, yea, 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. {made...: Heb. multiplied the faller}
They were yelling, “Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is just a vibe; he missed his moment.”
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt {is but} a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
As I live, says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, for real, just like Tabor chillin’ in the mountains and Carmel by the sea, he’s gonna show up.
{As} I live, saith the King, whose name {is} the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor {is} among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, {so} shall he come.
Yo, daughter in Egypt, get ready to dip into captivity; Noph's gonna be empty, no one’s gonna be around.
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. {furnish...: Heb. make thee instruments of captivity}
Egypt's looking like a prime heifer, but destruction’s on the way; it’s coming straight from the north.
Egypt {is like} a very fair heifer, {but} destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
Her crew is like some hefty bulls, all turned around and dipped out together; they couldn’t handle the heat when their moment hit.
Also her hired men {are} in the midst of her 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 visitation. {fatted...: Heb. bullocks of the stall}
The noise is gonna slither like a snake; they’re rolling in with their squad, coming at her with axes like lumberjacks.
The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
God’s saying they’re gonna chop down her whole forest, even though it’s low-key impossible to count them, 'cause they’re more than grasshoppers, like, for real.
They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and {are} innumerable.
Egypt’s gonna be shook; she's getting tossed into the hands of the northern crew.
The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, is like, “Yo, I’m about to serve some justice to the squad in No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with all their gods and kings; even Pharaoh and all his ride-or-dies.”
The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and {all} them that trust in him: {multitude: or, nourisher: Heb. Amon}
I’m handing them over to those who wanna take them out, to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and his crew; after that, it’ll be chill again like back in the day, says the Lord.
And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
But don’t stress, my dude Jacob, and don’t be shook, Israel; I got you from way over there, and your fam from their captivity; Jacob’s gonna come back, all relaxed and vibing, and no one’s gonna scare him.
But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make {him} afraid.
Don’t be afraid, Jacob my dude, says the Lord; I’m with you; I’m gonna wrap up all the nations where I sent you to, but I won’t fully wipe you out, just gonna correct you a bit; I ain’t leaving you totally unpunished.
Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I {am} with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. {not leave...: or, not utterly cut thee off}