Jeremiah 45 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Jeremiah 46

¹Yahweh’s word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.

KJVThe word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 which came to Jeremiah^H3414 the prophet^H5030 against the Gentiles^H1471;

² Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.

KJVAgainst Egypt^H4714, against the army^H2428 of Pharaohnecho^H6549 king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714, which was by the river^H5104 Euphrates^H6578 in Carchemish^H3751, which Nebuchadrezzar^H5019 king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 smote^H5221^(H8689) in the fourth^H7243 year^H8141 of Jehoiakim^H3079 the son^H1121 of Josiah^H2977 king^H4428 of Judah^H3063.

³ “Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!

KJVOrder^H6186^(H8798) ye the buckler^H4043 and shield^H6793, and draw near^H5066^(H8798) to battle^H4421.

⁴ Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand up with your helmets. Polish the spears, put on the coats of mail.

KJVHarness^H631^(H8798) the horses^H5483; and get up^H5927^(H8798), ye horsemen^H6571, and stand forth^H3320^(H8690) with your helmets^H3553; furbish^H4838^(H8798) the spears^H7420, and put on^H3847^(H8798) the brigandines^H5630.

⁵ Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and are turned backward. Their mighty ones are beaten down, have fled in haste, and don’t look back. Terror is on every side,” says Yahweh.

KJVWherefore have I seen^H7200^(H8804) them dismayed^H2844 and turned^H5472^(H8737) away back^H268? and their mighty ones^H1368 are beaten down^H3807^(H8714), and are fled^H5127^(H8804) apace^H4498, and look not back^H6437^(H8689): for fear^H4032 was round about^H5439, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068.

⁶ “Don’t let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. In the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.

KJVLet not the swift^H7031 flee away^H5127^(H8799), nor the mighty man^H1368 escape^H4422^(H8735); they shall stumble^H3782^(H8804), and fall^H5307^(H8804) toward the north^H6828 by^H3027 the river^H5104 Euphrates^H6578.

⁷ “Who is this who rises up like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?

KJVWho is this that cometh up^H5927^(H8799) as a flood^H2975, whose waters^H4325 are moved^H1607^(H8691) as the rivers^H5104?

⁸ Egypt rises up like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge. He says, ‘I will rise up. I will cover the earth. I will destroy cities and its inhabitants.’

KJVEgypt^H4714 riseth up^H5927^(H8799) like a flood^H2975, and his waters^H4325 are moved^H1607^(H8704) like the rivers^H5104; and he saith^H559^(H8799), I will go up^H5927^(H8799), and will cover^H3680^(H8762) the earth^H776; I will destroy^H6^(H8686) the city^H5892 and the inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) thereof.

⁹ Go up, you horses! Rage, you chariots! Let the mighty men go out: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.

KJVCome up^H5927^(H8798), ye horses^H5483; and rage^H1984^(H8703), ye chariots^H7393; and let the mighty men^H1368 come forth^H3318^(H8799); the Ethiopians^H3568 and the Libyans^H6316, that handle^H8610^(H8802) the shield^H4043; and the Lydians^H3866, that handle^H8610^(H8802) and bend^H1869^(H8802) the bow^H7198.

¹⁰ For that day is of the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge himself of his adversaries. The sword will devour and be satiated, and will drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

KJVFor this is the day^H3117 of the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 of hosts^H6635, a day^H3117 of vengeance^H5360, that he may avenge^H5358^(H8736) him of his adversaries^H6862: and the sword^H2719 shall devour^H398^(H8804), and it shall be satiate^H7646^(H8804) and made drunk^H7301^(H8804) with their blood^H1818: for the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 of hosts^H6635 hath a sacrifice^H2077 in the north^H6828 country^H776 by the river^H5104 Euphrates^H6578.

¹¹ Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt. You use many medicines in vain. There is no healing for you.

KJVGo up^H5927^(H8798) into Gilead^H1568, and take^H3947^(H8798) balm^H6875, O virgin^H1330, the daughter^H1323 of Egypt^H4714: in vain^H7723 shalt thou use many^H7235^(H8689) medicines^H7499; for thou shalt not be cured^H8585.

¹² The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they both fall together.”

KJVThe nations^H1471 have heard^H8085^(H8804) of thy shame^H7036, and thy cry^H6682 hath filled^H4390^(H8804) the land^H776: for the mighty man^H1368 hath stumbled^H3782^(H8804) against the mighty^H1368, and they are fallen^H5307^(H8804) both^H8147 together^H3162.

¹³ The word that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt:

KJVThe word^H1697 that the LORD^H3068 spake^H1696^(H8765) to Jeremiah^H3414 the prophet^H5030, how Nebuchadrezzar^H5019 king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 should come^H935^(H8800) and smite^H5221^(H8687) the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714.

¹⁴ “Declare in Egypt, publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes; say, ‘Stand up, and prepare, for the sword has devoured around you.’

KJVDeclare^H5046^(H8685) ye in Egypt^H4714, and publish^H8085^(H8685) in Migdol^H4024, and publish^H8085^(H8685) in Noph^H5297 and in Tahpanhes^H8471: say^H559^(H8798) ye, Stand fast^H3320^(H8690), and prepare^H3559^(H8685) thee; for the sword^H2719 shall devour^H398^(H8804) round about^H5439 thee.

¹⁵ Why are your strong ones swept away? They didn’t stand, because Yahweh pushed them.

KJVWhy are thy valiant^H47 men swept away^H5502^(H8738)? they stood^H5975^(H8804) not, because the LORD^H3068 did drive^H1920^(H8804) them.

¹⁶ He made many to stumble. Yes, they fell on one another. They said, ‘Arise! Let’s go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.’

KJVHe made many^H7235^(H8689) to fall^H3782^(H8802), yea, one^H376 fell^H5307^(H8804) upon another^H7453: and they said^H559^(H8799), Arise^H6965^(H8798), and let us go again^H7725^(H8799) to our own people^H5971, and to the land^H776 of our nativity^H4138, from^H6440 the oppressing^H3238^(H8802) sword^H2719.

¹⁷ They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.’

KJVThey did cry^H7121^(H8804) there, Pharaoh^H6547 king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714 is but a noise^H7588; he hath passed^H5674^(H8689) the time appointed^H4150.

¹⁸ “As I live,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, “surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so he will come.

KJVAs I live^H2416, saith^H5002^(H8803) the King^H4428, whose name^H8034 is the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, Surely as Tabor^H8396 is among the mountains^H2022, and as Carmel^H3760 by the sea^H3220, so shall he come^H935^(H8799).

¹⁹ You daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis will become a desolation, and will be burned up, without inhabitant.

KJVO thou daughter^H1323 dwelling^H3427^(H8802) in Egypt^H4714, furnish^H6213^(H8798) thyself to go into captivity^H3627^H1473: for Noph^H5297 shall be waste^H8047 and desolate^H3341^(H8738) without an inhabitant^H3427^(H8802).

²⁰ “Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north has come. It has come.

KJVEgypt^H4714 is like a very fair^H3304 heifer^H5697, but destruction^H7171 cometh^H935^(H8804); it cometh out^H935^(H8804) of the north^H6828.

²¹ Also her hired men in the middle of her are like calves of the stall, for they also are turned back. They have fled away together. They didn’t stand, for the day of their calamity has come on them, the time of their visitation.

KJVAlso her hired men^H7916 are in the midst^H7130 of her like fatted^H4770 bullocks^H5695; for they also are turned back^H6437^(H8689), and are fled away^H5127^(H8804) together^H3162: they did not stand^H5975^(H8804), because the day^H3117 of their calamity^H343 was come^H935^(H8804) upon them, and the time^H6256 of their visitation^H6486.

²² Its sound will go like the serpent, for they will march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.

KJVThe voice^H6963 thereof shall go^H3212^(H8799) like a serpent^H5175; for they shall march^H3212^(H8799) with an army^H2428, and come^H935^(H8804) against her with axes^H7134, as hewers^H2404^(H8802) of wood^H6086.

²³ They will cut down her forest,” says Yahweh, “though it can’t be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

KJVThey shall cut down^H3772^(H8804) her forest^H3293, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068, though it cannot be searched^H2713^(H8735); because they are more^H7231^(H8804) than the grasshoppers^H697, and are innumerable^H369^H4557.

²⁴ The daughter of Egypt will be disappointed; she will be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.”

KJVThe daughter^H1323 of Egypt^H4714 shall be confounded^H3001^(H8689); she shall be delivered^H5414^(H8738) into the hand^H3027 of the people^H5971 of the north^H6828.

²⁵ Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods and her kings, even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, the God^H430 of Israel^H3478, saith^H559^(H8804); Behold, I will punish^H6485^(H8802) the multitude^H527^(H8676)^H528 of No^H4996, and Pharaoh^H6547, and Egypt^H4714, with their gods^H430, and their kings^H4428; even Pharaoh^H6547, and all them that trust^H982^(H8802) in him:

²⁶ I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants. Afterwards it will be inhabited, as in the days of old,” says Yahweh.

KJVAnd I will deliver^H5414^(H8804) them into the hand^H3027 of those that seek^H1245^(H8764) their lives^H5315, and into the hand^H3027 of Nebuchadrezzar^H5019 king^H4428 of Babylon^H894, and into the hand^H3027 of his servants^H5650: and afterward^H310 it shall be inhabited^H7931^(H8799), as in the days^H3117 of old^H6924, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068.

²⁷ “But don’t you be afraid, Jacob my servant. Don’t be dismayed, Israel; for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return, and will be quiet and at ease. No one will make him afraid.

KJVBut fear^H3372^(H8799) not thou, O my servant^H5650 Jacob^H3290, and be not dismayed^H2865^(H8735), O Israel^H3478: for, behold, I will save^H3467^(H8688) thee from afar off^H7350, and thy seed^H2233 from the land^H776 of their captivity^H7628; and Jacob^H3290 shall return^H7725^(H8804), and be in rest^H8252^(H8804) and at ease^H7599^(H8768), and none shall make him afraid^H2729^(H8688).

²⁸ Don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant,” says Yahweh, “for I am with you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you, but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.”

KJVFear^H3372^(H8799) thou not, O Jacob^H3290 my servant^H5650, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068: for I am with thee; for I will make^H6213^(H8799) a full end^H3617 of all the nations^H1471 whither I have driven^H5080^(H8689) thee: but I will not make^H6213^(H8799) a full end^H3617 of thee, but correct^H3256^(H8765) thee in measure^H4941; yet will I not leave thee wholly^H5352^(H8763) unpunished^H5352^(H8762).

WEB·Jeremiah 45

¹The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

KJVThe word^H1697 that Jeremiah^H3414 the prophet^H5030 spake^H1696^(H8765) unto Baruch^H1263 the son^H1121 of Neriah^H5374, when he had written^H3789^(H8800) these words^H1697 in a book^H5612 at the mouth^H6310 of Jeremiah^H3414, in the fourth^H7243 year^H8141 of Jehoiakim^H3079 the son^H1121 of Josiah^H2977 king^H4428 of Judah^H3063, saying^H559^(H8800),

² “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:

KJVThus saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068, the God^H430 of Israel^H3478, unto thee, O Baruch^H1263;

³ ‘You said, “Woe is me now! For Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain! I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.”’

KJVThou didst say^H559^(H8804), Woe^H188 is me now! for the LORD^H3068 hath added^H3254^(H8804) grief^H3015 to my sorrow^H4341; I fainted^H3021^(H8804) in my sighing^H585, and I find^H4672^(H8804) no rest^H4496.

⁴ “You shall tell him, Yahweh says: ‘Behold, that which I have built, I will break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.

KJVThus shalt thou say^H559^(H8799) unto him, The LORD^H3068 saith^H559^(H8804) thus; Behold, that which I have built^H1129^(H8804) will I break down^H2040^(H8802), and that which I have planted^H5193^(H8804) I will pluck up^H5428^(H8802), even this whole land^H776.

⁵ Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says Yahweh, ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’”

KJVAnd seekest^H1245^(H8762) thou great things^H1419 for thyself? seek^H1245^(H8762) them not: for, behold, I will bring^H935^(H8688) evil^H7451 upon all flesh^H1320, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068: but thy life^H5315 will I give^H5414^(H8804) unto thee for a prey^H7998 in all places^H4725 whither thou goest^H3212^(H8799).

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