1The word of the Lord that came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the nations.
2 the bow.
10 fled?
Why did your bull not stand?
Because the Lord thrust him down.
16 and fell,
and one said to another,
“Come, let us go back to our own people
and to the land of our birth,
because of the destroying sword.”
17 Isa 19.11–16 Give Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the name
“Braggart who missed his chance.”
18 1 Kings 18.42; Ps 89.12; Jer 48.15 As I live, says the King,
whose name is the Lord of hosts,
one is coming
like Tabor among the mountains
and like Carmel by the sea.
19 v 4 ; Isa 20.4; Jer 48.18; Ezek 30.13Pack your bags for exile,
sheltered daughter Egypt!
For Memphis shall become a waste,
a ruin, without inhabitant.
20 v 24 ; Jer 50.11A beautiful heifer is Egypt—
a gadfly from the north lights upon her.
21 v 5 ; Ps 37.13; Jer 50.27Even her mercenaries in her midst
are like fatted calves;
they, too, have turned and fled together;
they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
the time of their punishment.
22 Isa 29.4 She makes a sound like a snake gliding away,
for her enemies march in force
and come against her with axes,
like those who fell trees.
23 Judg 6.5; Isa 10.34; Jer 21.14; Joel 2.25 They shall cut down her forest, says the Lord,
though it is impenetrable,
because they are more numerous
than locusts;
they are without number.
24 v 19 ; Jer 1.15Daughter Egypt shall be put to shame;
she shall be handed over to a people from the north.
25 Isa 20.5; Jer 43.12; 44.30; Ezek 30.13–16 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: See, I am bringing punishment upon Amon of Thebes and Pharaoh and Egypt and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.
26Jer 44.30; Ezek 29.11–14; 32.11I will hand them over to those who seek their life, to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon and his servants. Afterward Egypt shall be inhabited as in the days of old, says the Lord.
God Will Save Israel27 Isa 41.13; 43.5; Jer 23.3, 4, 6; 30.10, 11; 50.19 But as for you, have no fear, my servant Jacob,
and do not be dismayed, O Israel,
for I am going to save you from far away
and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
and no one shall make him afraid.
28 Isa 8.9, 10; Jer 1.19; 4.27; 10.24; 30.11; Am 9.8, 9 As for you, have no fear, my servant Jacob, says the Lord,
for I am with you.
I will make an end of all the nations
among which I have banished you,
but I will not make an end of you!
I will chastise you in just measure,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
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