Verse 8
Jeremiah 46:8
Literal Standard Version
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Egypt comes up as a flood, || And the waters shake themselves as rivers. And he says, I go up; I cover the land, I destroy the city and the inhabitants in it.
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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That which has been the word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations,
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for Egypt, concerning the force of Pharaoh-Necho king of Egypt, that has been by the Euphrates River...
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“Set shield and buckler in array, || And draw near to battle.
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Gird the horses, and go up, you horsemen, || And station yourselves with helmets, || Polish the jave...
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Why have I seen them dismayed and turned backward? And their mighty ones are beaten down, || And the...
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The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, || Northward, by the side of the Euphrates River, |...
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Who is this? He comes up as a flood, || His waters shake themselves as rivers!
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Egypt comes up as a flood, || And the waters shake themselves as rivers. And he says, I go up; I cov...
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Go up, you horses; and boast yourselves, you chariots, || And go forth, you mighty, || Cush and Phut...
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And that day is to Lord YHWH of Hosts || A day of vengeance, || To be avenged of His adversaries, ||...
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Go up to Gilead, and take balm, || O virgin daughter of Egypt, || You have multiplied medicines in v...
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Nations have heard of your shame, || And your cry has filled the land, || For the mighty stumbled on...
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The word that YHWH has spoken to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the coming in of Nebuchadnezzar kin...
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14
“Declare in Egypt, and sound in Migdol, || And sound in Noph, and in Tahpanhes, say, || Stand firm a...
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Why has your bull been swept away? He has not stood, because YHWH thrust him away.
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He has multiplied the stumbling, || Indeed, one has fallen on his neighbor, || And they say: Rise, a...
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They have cried there: Pharaoh king of Egypt is a desolation, || The appointed time has passed by.
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As I live—an affirmation of the King, || YHWH of Hosts is His Name, || Surely as Tabor is among moun...
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Make goods for yourself for removal, || O inhabitant, daughter of Egypt, || For Noph becomes a desol...
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Egypt is a very beautiful heifer, || Destruction comes into her from the north.
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Even her hired ones in her midst are as calves of the stall, || For even they have turned, || They h...
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Its voice goes on as a serpent, || For they go with a force, || And they have come in to her with ax...
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They have cut down her forest, || A declaration of YHWH, || For it is not searched, || For they have...
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The daughter of Egypt has been ashamed, || She has been given into the hand of the people of the nor...
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YHWH of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel, has said: Behold, I am seeing after Amon of No, || And after...
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And I have given them into the hand of those seeking their life, || And into the hand of Nebuchadnez...
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And you, you do not fear, My servant Jacob, || Nor are you dismayed, O Israel, || For behold, I am s...
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You do not fear, My servant Jacob, || A declaration of YHWH, || For I am with you, || For I make an...
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