Verse 16
Jeremiah 46:16
Bible in Basic English
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... are stopped in their going, they are falling; and they say one to another, Let us get up and go back to our people, to the land of our birth, away from the cruel sword.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הִרְבָּ֖ה כּוֹשֵׁ֑ל גַּם נָפַ֞ל אִ֣ישׁ אֶל רֵעֵ֗/הוּ וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ ק֣וּמָ/ה וְ/נָשֻׁ֣בָה אֶל עַמֵּ֗/נוּ וְ/אֶל אֶ֨רֶץ֙ מֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֔/נוּ מִ/פְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַ/יּוֹנָֽה
English Translation
Many have stumbled, and also a man has fallen to his friend, and they said, "Let us rise and return to our people and to the land of our birth from before the sword of the dove."
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Chapter 46 Context
1
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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3
Get out the breastplate and body-cover, and come together to the fight.
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4
Make the horses ready, and get up, you horsemen, and take your places with your head-dresses; make t...
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5
What have I seen? they are overcome with fear and turned back; their men of war are broken and have...
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6
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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7
Who is this coming up like the Nile, whose waters are lifting their heads like the rivers?
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8
Egypt is coming up like the Nile, and his waters are lifting their heads like the rivers, and he say...
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9
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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10
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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11
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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16
... are stopped in their going, they are falling; and they say one to another, Let us get up and go...
17
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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19
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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21
And those who were her fighters for payment are like fat oxen; for they are turned back, they have g...
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22
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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24
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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26
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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27
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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28
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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