Yaram'Yahu (Jeremiah) — 46
Messages for the Nations
1 The following messages were given to Yaramyahu the Nabym from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH concerning foreign nations.
Messages about Mitzraym
2 This message concerning Mitzraym was given in the fourth year of the reign of Yahuiakim son of Yusyahu, the king of Yahudah, on the occasion of the battle of Carchamish when Phar'uh Naco, king of Mitzraym, and his army were defeated beside the Euphrates River by King Nabuchadnazzar of Babylun.
3 “Prepare your shields, and advance into battle!
4 Harness the horses, and mount the stallions, take your positions, Put on your helmets, sharpen your spears, and prepare your armor.
5 But what do I see? The Mitzraym army flees in terror, the bravest of its fighting men run without a backward glance, they are terrorized at every turn, says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.
6 “The swiftest runners cannot flee; the mightiest warriors cannot escape, by the Euphrates River to the north, they stumble and fall.
7 “Who is this, rising like the Nile at floodtime, overflowing all the land?
8 It is the Mitzraym army, overflowing all the land, boasting that it will cover the Arath like a flood, destroying cities and their people.
9 Charge, you horses and chariots; attack, you mighty warriors of Mitzraym! Come, all you allies from Athiupia, Libyah, and Lydia who are skilled with the shield and bow!
10 For this is the day of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut, a day of vengeance on His enemies, the sword will devour until it is satisfied, yes, until it is drunk with your blood! 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut, will receive a sacrifice today in the north country beside the Euphrates River.
11 “Go up to Gilaad to get medicine, O virgin daughter of Mitzraym! But your many treatments will bring you no healing.
12 The nations have heard of your shame. The Arath is filled with your cries of despair, your mightiest warriors will run into each other and fall down together.”
13 Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH gave the Nabym Yaramyahu this message about King Nabuchadnazzar’s plans to attack Mitzraym.
14 “Shout it out in Mitzraym! Publish it in the cities of Migdul, Mamphis, and Tahpanhas! Mobilize for battle, for the sword will devour everyone around you.
15 Why have your warriors fallen? They cannot stand, for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH has knocked them down.
16 They stumble and fall over each other and say among themselves,‘Come, let us go back to our people, to the land of our birth. Let us get away from the sword of the enemy!’
17 There they will say, ‘Phar'uh, the king of Mitzraym is a loud mouth who missed his opportunity!’
18 “As surely as I live,” says the Ruler of all, whose Name is 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut, “one is coming against Mitzraym who is as tall as Mount Tabur, or as Mount Carmel by the sea!
19 Pack up! Get ready to leave for exile, you citizens of Mitzraym! The city of Mamphis will be destroyed, without a single inhabitant.
20 Mitzraym is as sleek as a beautiful heifer, but a horsefly from the north is on its way!
21 Mitzraym’s mercenaries have become like fattened calves, they too will turn and run, for it is a day of great disaster for Mitzraym a time of great punishment.
22 Mitzraym flees, silent as a serpent gliding away, The invading army marches in; they come against her with axes like woodsmen.
23 They will cut down her people like trees,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, “for they are more numerous than locusts.
24 Mitzraym will be humiliated; she will be handed over to people from the north.”
25 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut the 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH of Yashar'AL Dabar: “I will punish Amun, the idol of Thabas, and all the other idols of Mitzraym. I will punish its rulers and Phar'uh too, and all who trust in him.
26 I will hand them over to those who want them killed, to King Nabuchadnazzar of Babylun and his army. But afterward the land will recover from the ravages of war, I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH have spoken!
27 “But do not be afraid, Ya'aqub my servant; do not be dismayed, Yashar'AL, For I will bring you home again from distant lands, and your children will return from their exile, Yashar'AL will return to a life of Shalum and quiet, and no one will terrorize them.
28 Do not be afraid Ya'aqub my servant, for I am with you says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, “I will completely destroy the nations to which I have exiled you, but I will not completely destroy you, I will discipline you, but with justice; I cannot let you go unpunished.”