1The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;
2against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
3Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
4Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen,
5Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back?
6Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape;
7Who is this that cometh up as a flood,
8Egypt riseth up like a flood,
9Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots;
10For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts,
11Go up into Gilead, and take balm,
12The nations have heard of thy shame,
13The word that the Lord spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
14Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol,
15Why are thy valiant men swept away?
16He made many to fall,
17They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise;
18As I live, saith the King,
19O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt,
20Egypt is like a very fair heifer,
21Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks;
22The voice thereof shall go like a serpent;
23They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord,
24The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded;
25The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith;
26And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives,
27But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob,
28Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant,