Jeremiah 46:2-9

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2 To ^aEgypt, concerning the military force of ^bPharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at ^cCarchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down in the ^dfourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
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“^aArrange the shield and large shield,

And draw near for the battle!

Harness the horses,

And ¹mount the steeds,

And take your stand with helmets on!

^aPolish the spears,

Put on the ^bscale‑armor!

Why have I seen it?

They are shattered;

They are ^adrawing back,

And their ^bmighty men are crushed

And have fled to refuge,

Without facing back;

¹^cTerror is on every side!”

Declares Yahweh.

Let not the ^aswift man flee,

Nor the mighty man escape;

In the north beside the river Euphrates

They have ^bstumbled and fallen.

Who is this that ^arises like the Nile,

Like the rivers whose waters toss about?

Egypt rises like the Nile,

Even like the rivers whose waters toss about;

And He has said, “I will ^arise and cover that land;

I will surely ^bcause the city to perish, as well as its inhabitants.”

Go up, you horses, and ¹^adrive madly, you chariots,

That the mighty men may go forth:

²Ethiopia and ³^bPut, who seize the shield,

And the ⁴^cLydians, who seize and bend the bow.

Ezekiel 30:5-9

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5 ¹Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all ²^aArabia, ³Libya, and the ⁴people of the land ⁵that is in covenant will fall with them by the sword.”
6 ‘Thus says Yahweh,

“Indeed, those who support ^aEgypt will fall,

And the pride of her strength will come down;

From Migdol to Syene

They will fall within her by the sword,”

Declares Lord Yahweh.

“They will be desolate

In the ^amidst of the desolated lands;

And her cities will be

In the midst of the cities laid waste.

And they will ^aknow that I am Yahweh,

When I set a ^bfire in Egypt

And all her helpers are broken.

9 On that day ^amessengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten ^bsecure ¹Ethiopia; and ^canguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”