Verse 8
Jeremiah 46:8
Bible in Basic English
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Egypt is coming up like the Nile, and his waters are lifting their heads like the rivers, and he says, I will go up, covering the earth; I will send destruction on the town and its people.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ כַּ/יְאֹ֣ר יַֽעֲלֶ֔ה וְ/כַ/נְּהָר֖וֹת יִתְגֹּ֣עֲשׁוּ מָ֑יִם וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר אַֽעֲלֶה֙ אֲכַסֶּה אֶ֔רֶץ אֹבִ֥ידָה עִ֖יר וְ/יֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽ/הּ
English Translation
Egypt will rise like a river, and the rivers will be agitated with water, and he said, "I will rise, I will cover the land, the city that is lost and its inhabitants."
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Chapter 46 Context
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The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about the nations.
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Of Egypt: about the army of Pharaoh-neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchem...
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Get out the breastplate and body-cover, and come together to the fight.
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Make the horses ready, and get up, you horsemen, and take your places with your head-dresses; make t...
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What have I seen? they are overcome with fear and turned back; their men of war are broken and have...
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Let not the quick-footed go in flight, or the man of war get away; on the north, by the river Euphra...
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Who is this coming up like the Nile, whose waters are lifting their heads like the rivers?
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Egypt is coming up like the Nile, and his waters are lifting their heads like the rivers, and he say...
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Go up, you horses; go rushing on, you carriages of war; go out, you men of war: Cush and Put, grippi...
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But that day is the day of the Lord, the Lord of armies, a day of punishment when he will take payme...
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Go up to Gilead and take sweet oil, O virgin daughter of Egypt: there is no help in all your medical...
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12
Your shame has come to the ears of the nations, and the earth is full of your cry: for the strong ma...
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13
The word which the Lord said to Jeremiah the prophet, of how Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, would...
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14
Give the news in Migdol, make it public in Noph: say, Take up your positions and make yourselves rea...
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15
Why has Apis, your strong one, gone in flight? he was not able to keep his place, because the Lord w...
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... are stopped in their going, they are falling; and they say one to another, Let us get up and go...
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Give a name to Pharaoh, king of Egypt: A noise who has let the time go by.
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By my life, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies, truly, like Tabor among the mountains a...
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O daughter living in Egypt, make ready the vessels of a prisoner: for Noph will become a waste, it w...
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20
Egypt is a fair young cow; but a biting insect has come on her out of the north.
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And those who were her fighters for payment are like fat oxen; for they are turned back, they have g...
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She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with...
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23
They will be cutting down her woods, for they may not be searched out; because they are like locusts...
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The daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be given up into the hands of the people of the...
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25
The Lord of armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on Amon of No...
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And I will give them up into the hands of those who will take their lives, and into the hands of Neb...
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But have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, and do not be troubled, O Israel: for see, I will make you co...
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Have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, says the Lord; for I am with you: for I will put an end to all th...
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