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7Who is this that rises like the Nile,
Like the rivers whose waters surge about?
8Egypt rises like the Nile,
Even like the rivers whose waters surge about;
And He has said, I will rise and cover that land;
I will surely destroy the city and its inhabitants.
9Go up, you horses, and drive madly, you chariots,
That the mighty men may march forward:
Ethiopia and Put, that handle the shield,
And the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
10For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of hosts,
A day of vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes;
And the sword will devour and be satiated
And drink its fill of their blood;
For there will be a slaughter for the Lord GOD of hosts,
In the land of the north by the river Euphrates.
11Go up to Gilead and obtain balm,
O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain have you multiplied remedies;
There is no healing for you.
12The nations have heard of your shame,
And the earth is full of your cry of distress;
For one warrior has stumbled over another,
And both of them have fallen down together.
13This is the message which the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt:
14Declare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol,
Proclaim also in Memphis and Tahpanhes;
Say, Take your stand and get yourself ready,
For the sword has devoured those around you.
15Why have your mighty ones become prostrate?
They do not stand because the LORD has thrust them down.
16They have repeatedly stumbled;
Indeed, they have fallen one against another.
Then they said, Get up! And let us go back
To our own people and our native land
Away from the sword of the oppressor.
17They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a big noise;
He has let the appointed time pass by!
18As I live, declares the King
Whose name is the LORD of hosts,
Surely one shall come who looms up like Tabor among the mountains,
Or like Carmel by the sea.
19Make your baggage ready for exile,
O daughter dwelling in Egypt,
For Memphis will become a desolation;
It will even be burned down and bereft of inhabitants.
20Egypt is a pretty heifer,
But a horsefly is coming from the northit is coming!
21Also her mercenaries in her midst
Are like fattened calves,
For even they too have turned back and have fled away together;
They did not stand their ground.
For the day of their calamity has come upon them,
The time of their punishment.
22Its sound moves along like a serpent;
For they move on like an army
And come to her as woodcutters with axes.
23They have cut down her forest, declares the LORD;
Surely it will no more be found,
Even though they are now more numerous than locusts
And are without number.
24The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame,
Given over to the power of the people of the north.
25The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says, Behold, I am going to punish Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt along with her gods and her kings, even Pharaoh and those who trust in him. 26I shall give them over to the power of those who are seeking their lives, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his officers. Afterwards, however, it will be inhabited as in the days of old, declares the LORD.
27But as for you, O Jacob My servant, do not fear,
Nor be dismayed, O Israel!
For, see, I am going to save you from afar,
And your descendants from the land of their captivity;
And Jacob will return and be undisturbed
And secure, with no one making him tremble.
28O Jacob My servant, do not fear, declares the LORD,
For I am with you.
For I will make a full end of all the nations
Where I have driven you,
Yet I will not make a full end of you;
But I will correct you properly
And by no means leave you unpunished.
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Parallel Verses
American Standard VersionWho is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
Douay-Rheims BibleWho is this that cometh up as a flood: and his streams swell like those of rivers ?
Darby Bible TranslationWho is this that riseth up as the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
English Revised VersionWho is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
Webster's Bible TranslationWho is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
World English BibleWho is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
Young's Literal Translation Who is this? as a flood he cometh up, As rivers do his waters shake themselves!
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Sargon of Assyria (722-705 B. C. )
SARGON AS A WARRIOR AND AS A BUILDER. The origin of Sargon II.: the revolt of Babylon, Merodach-baladan and Elam--The kingdom of Elam from the time of the first Babylonian empire; the conquest's of Shutruh-nalkunta I.; the princes of Malamir--The first encounter of Assyria and Elam, the battle of Durilu (721 B.C.)--Revolt of Syria, Iaubidi of Hamath and Hannon of Gaza--Bocchoris and the XXIVth Egyptian dynasty; the first encounter of Assyria with Egypt, the battle of Raphia (720 B.C.). Urartu …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7A Clearing-Up Storm in the Realm
(Revelation, Chapters vi.-viii.) "God Almighty! King of nations! earth Thy footstool, heaven Thy throne! Thine the greatness, power, and glory, Thine the kingdom, Lord, alone! Life and death are in Thy keeping, and Thy will ordaineth all: From the armies of Thy heavens to an unseen insect's fall. "Reigning, guiding, all-commanding, ruling myriad worlds of light; Now exalting, now abasing, none can stay Thy hand of might! Working all things by Thy power, by the counsel of Thy will. Thou art God! …
by S. D. Gordon—Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation
Jeremiah
The interest of the book of Jeremiah is unique. On the one hand, it is our most reliable and elaborate source for the long period of history which it covers; on the other, it presents us with prophecy in its most intensely human phase, manifesting itself through a strangely attractive personality that was subject to like doubts and passions with ourselves. At his call, in 626 B.C., he was young and inexperienced, i. 6, so that he cannot have been born earlier than 650. The political and religious …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament
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