AgainstEgypt, against the army of Pharaohnechoking of Egypt, which was by the riverEuphrates in Carchemish, whichNebuchadrezzarking of Babylonsmote in the fourthyear of Jehoiakim the son of Josiahking of Judah.
Whereforehave I seenthemdismayed and turnedawayback? and theirmightyones are beatendown, and are fledapace, and look not back: for fear was roundabout, saith the LORD.
Egyptriseth up like a flood, and his waters are movedlike the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and willcover the earth; I willdestroy the city and the inhabitantsthereof.
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men comeforth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, thathandle the shield; and the Lydians, thathandle and bend the bow.
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 swordshalldevour, and it shall be satiate and madedrunkwiththeirblood: for the Lord GOD of hostshath a sacrifice in the northcountry by the riverEuphrates.
The nationshaveheard of thy shame, and thy cry hathfilled the land: for the mighty man hathstumbledagainst the mighty, and they are fallenbothtogether.
Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Standfast, and preparethee; for the swordshalldevourroundaboutthee.
He mademany to fall, yea, one felluponanother: and theysaid, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressingsword.
Also her hired men are in the midst of her likefattedbullocks; for theyalso are turnedback, and are fledawaytogether: they did not stand, because the day of theircalamity was comeuponthem, and the time of theirvisitation.
The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I willpunish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, withtheirgods, and theirkings; evenPharaoh, and all themthattrust in him:
And I willdelivertheminto the hand of thosethatseektheirlives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzarking 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 fear not thou, O my servantJacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I willsavetheefromafar off, and thy seedfrom the land of theircaptivity; and Jacobshallreturn, and be in rest and at ease, and noneshallmake him afraid.
Fearthou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am withthee; for I willmake a full end of all the nationswhither I havedriventhee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correctthee in measure; yet will I not leavetheewhollyunpunished.