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1. In the beginning of the reign of king Sedekias, there came this word concerning Ælam.
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1. In the beginning H7225 of the reign H4468 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah H3063 came H1961 this H2088 word H1697 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 , saying H559 ,
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2. FOR EGYPT, AGAINST THE POWER OF PHARAO NECHAO KING OF EGYPT, who was by the river Euphrates in Charmis, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Joakim king of Juda.
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2. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Stand H5975 in the court H2691 of the LORD H3068 's house H1004 , and speak H1696 unto H5921 all H3605 the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 , which come H935 to worship H7812 in the LORD H3068 's house H1004 , all H3605 the words H1697 that H834 I command H6680 thee to speak H1696 unto H413 them; diminish H1639 not H408 a word H1697 :
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3. Take up Or, shields arms and spears, and draw nigh to battle;
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3. If so be H194 they will hearken H8085 , and turn H7725 every man H376 from his evil H7451 way H4480 H1870 , that I may repent H5162 me of H413 the evil H7451 , which H834 I H595 purpose H2803 to do H6213 unto them because H4480 H6440 of the evil H7455 of their doings H4611 .
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4. and harness the horses: mount, ye horsemen, and stand ready in your helmets; advance the spears, and put on your breast-plates.
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4. And thou shalt say H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; If H518 ye will not H3808 hearken H8085 to H413 me , to walk H1980 in my law H8451 , which H834 I have set H5414 before H6440 you,
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5. Why do they fear, and turn back? even because their mighty men shall be slain: they have utterly fled, and being hemmed in they have not Or, lit. returned rallied, saith the Lord.
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5. To hearken H8085 to H5921 the words H1697 of my servants H5650 the prophets H5030 , whom H834 I H595 sent H7971 unto H413 you , both rising up early H7925 , and sending H7971 them , but ye have not H3808 hearkened H8085 ;
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6. Let not the swift flee, and let not the mighty man escape to the north: the forces at Euphrates are become feeble, and they have fallen.
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6. Then will I make H5414 H853 this H2088 house H1004 like Shiloh H7887 , and will make H5414 this H2063 city H5892 a curse H7045 to all H3605 the nations H1471 of the earth H776 .
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7. Who is this that shall come up as a river, and as rivers roll their Gr. water waves?
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7. So the priests H3548 and the prophets H5030 and all H3605 the people H5971 heard H8085 H853 Jeremiah H3414 speaking H1696 H853 these H428 words H1697 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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8. The waters of Egypt shall come up like a river: and he said, I will go up, and will cover the earth, and will destroy the dwellers in it.
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8. Now it came to pass H1961 , when Jeremiah H3414 had made an end H3615 of speaking H1696 H853 all H3605 that H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 him to speak H1696 unto H413 all H3605 the people H5971 , that the priests H3548 and the prophets H5030 and all H3605 the people H5971 took H8610 him, saying H559 , Thou shalt surely die H4191 H4191 .
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9. Mount ye the horses, prepare the chariots; go forth, ye warriors of the Ethiopians, and Libyans armed with See verse 3; oplon apparently means shield in LXX shields; and mount, ye Lydians, bend the bow.
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9. Why H4069 hast thou prophesied H5012 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , This H2088 house H1004 shall be H1961 like Shiloh H7887 , and this H2063 city H5892 shall be desolate H2717 without H4480 H369 an inhabitant H3427 ? And all H3605 the people H5971 were gathered H6950 against H413 Jeremiah H3414 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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10. And that day shall be to the Lord our God a day of vengeance, to take vengeance on his enemies: and the sword of the Lord shall devour, and be glutted, and be drunken with their blood: for the Lord has a sacrifice from the land of the north at the river Euphrates.
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10. When the princes H8269 of Judah H3063 heard H8085 H853 these H428 things H1697 , then they came up H5927 from the king H4428 's house H4480 H1004 unto the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and sat down H3427 in the entry H6607 of the new H2319 gate H8179 of the LORD H3068 's house .
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11. Go up to Galaad, and take Or, balsam balm for the virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain hast thou multiplied thy medicines; there is no help in thee.
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11. Then spoke H559 the priests H3548 and the prophets H5030 unto H413 the princes H8269 and to H413 all H3605 the people H5971 , saying H559 , This H2088 man H376 is worthy H4941 to die H4194 ; for H3588 he hath prophesied H5012 against H413 this H2063 city H5892 , as H834 ye have heard H8085 with your ears H241 .
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12. The nations have heard thy voice, and the land has been filled with thy cry: for the warriors have fainted fighting one against another, and both are fallen together.
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12. Then spoke H559 Jeremiah H3414 unto H413 all H3605 the princes H8269 and to H413 all H3605 the people H5971 , saying H559 , The LORD H3068 sent H7971 me to prophesy H5012 against H413 this H2088 house H1004 and against H413 this H2063 city H5892 all H3605 the words H1697 that H834 ye have heard H8085 .
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13. THE WORDS WHICH THE LORD SPOKE by Jeremias, concerning the coming of the king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt.
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13. Therefore now H6258 amend H3190 your ways H1870 and your doings H4611 , and obey H8085 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 ; and the LORD H3068 will repent H5162 him of H413 the evil H7451 that H834 he hath pronounced H1696 against H5921 you.
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14. Proclaim it at Magdol, and declare it at Memphis: say ye, Stand up, and prepare; for the sword has devoured thy yew-tree.
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14. As for me H589 , behold H2009 , I am in your hand H3027 : do H6213 with me as seemeth H5869 good H2896 and meet H3477 unto you.
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15. Wherefore has Apis fled from thee? thy choice calf has not remained; for the Lord has Gr. paralyzed utterly weakened him.
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15. But H389 know ye for certain H3045 H3045 , that H3588 if H518 ye H859 put me to death H4191 H853 , ye H859 shall surely H3588 bring H5414 innocent H5355 blood H1818 upon H5921 yourselves , and upon H413 this H2063 city H5892 , and upon H413 the inhabitants H3427 thereof: for H3588 of a truth H571 the LORD H3068 hath sent H7971 me unto H5921 you to speak H1696 H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 in your ears H241 .
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16. And thy multitude has fainted and fallen; and each one said to his neighbour, Let us arise, and return into our country to our people, from the Grecian sword.
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16. Then said H559 the princes H8269 and all H3605 the people H5971 unto H413 the priests H3548 and to H413 the prophets H5030 ; This H2088 man H376 is not H369 worthy H4941 to die H4194 : for H3588 he hath spoken H1696 to H413 us in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 our God H430 .
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17. Call ye the name of Pharao Nechao king of Egypt, The Hebrew words untranslated—’a noise—he has passed the appointed time’ Saon esbeie moed.
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17. Then rose up H6965 certain H376 of the elders H4480 H2205 of the land H776 , and spoke H559 to H413 all H3605 the assembly H6951 of the people H5971 , saying H559 ,
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18. As I live, saith the Lord God, he shall come as Itabyrion among the mountains, and as Carmel that is on the sea.
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18. Micah H4320 the Morasthite H4183 prophesied H1961 H5012 in the days H3117 of Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , and spoke H559 to H413 all H3605 the people H5971 of Judah H3063 , saying H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 ; Zion H6726 shall be plowed H2790 like a field H7704 , and Jerusalem H3389 shall become H1961 heaps H5856 , and the mountain H2022 of the house H1004 as the high places H1116 of a forest H3293 .
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19. O daughter of Egypt dwelling at home, prepare thee stuff for removing: for Memphis shall be utterly desolate, and shall be called Woe, because there are no inhabitants in it.
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19. Did Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and all H3605 Judah H3063 put him at all to death H4191 H4191 ? did he not H3808 fear H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 , and besought H2470 H853 H6440 the LORD H3068 , and the LORD H3068 repented H5162 him of H413 the evil H7451 which H834 he had pronounced H1696 against H5921 them? Thus might we H587 procure H6213 great H1419 evil H7451 against H5921 our souls H5315 .
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20. Egypt is a fair heifer, but destruction from the north is come upon her.
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20. And there was H1961 also H1571 a man H376 that prophesied H5012 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 , Urijah H223 the son H1121 of Shemaiah H8098 of Kirjath H4480 H7157 -jearim , who prophesied H5012 against H5921 this H2063 city H5892 and against H5921 this H2063 land H776 according to all H3605 the words H1697 of Jeremiah H3414 :
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21. Also her hired soldiers in the midst of her are as fatted calves fed in her; for they also have turned, and fled with one accord: they stood not, for the day of destruction was come upon them, and the time of their retribution.
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21. And when Jehoiakim H3079 the king H4428 , with all H3605 his mighty men H1368 , and all H3605 the princes H8269 , heard H8085 H853 his words H1697 , the king H4428 sought H1245 to put him to death H4191 : but when Urijah H223 heard H8085 it , he was afraid H3372 , and fled H1272 , and went into H935 Egypt H4714 ;
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22. Their voice is as that of a hissing serpent, for they go upon the sand; they shall come upon Egypt with axes, as men that cut wood.
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22. And Jehoiakim H3079 the king H4428 sent H7971 men H376 into Egypt H4714 , namely , H853 Elnathan H494 the son H1121 of Achbor H5907 , and certain men H376 with H854 him into H413 Egypt H4714 .
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23. They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, for their number cannot at all be conjectured, for it exceeds the locust in multitude, and they are innumerable.
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23. And they fetched forth H3318 H853 Urijah H223 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , and brought H935 him unto H413 Jehoiakim H3079 the king H4428 ; who slew H5221 him with the sword H2719 , and cast H7993 H853 his dead body H5038 into H413 the graves H6913 of the common H1121 people H5971 .
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24. The daughter of Egypt is confounded; she is delivered into the hands of a people from the north.
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24. Nevertheless H389 the hand H3027 of Ahikam H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 was H1961 with H854 Jeremiah H3414 , that they should not H1115 give H5414 him into the hand H3027 of the people H5971 to put him to death H4191 .
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25. Behold, I will avenge See Hebrew Ammon her son upon Pharao, and upon them that trust in him.
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27. But fear not thou, my servant Jacob, neither be thou alarmed, Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be at ease, and sleep, and there shall be no one to trouble him.
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28. Fear not thou, my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; for I am with thee: she that was without fear and in luxury, has been delivered up: for I will make a full end of every nation among whom I have thrust thee forth; but I will not cause thee to fail: yet will I chastise thee in the way of judgement, and will not hold thee entirely guiltless.
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