Jeremiah 46
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The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet c concerning the nations.
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About Egypt. d Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in e the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
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f "Prepare buckler and shield,
and advance for battle!
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g Harness the horses;
mount, O horsemen!
Take your stations with your helmets,
f polish your spears,
put on your armor!
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Why have I seen it?
They are dismayed
and have turned backward.
Their h warriors are beaten down
and have fled in haste;
i they look not back -
j terror on every side!
declares the Lord.
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"The swift cannot flee away,
nor the warrior escape;
d in the north by the river Euphrates
k they have stumbled and fallen.
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"Who is this, l rising like the Nile,
like rivers m whose waters surge?
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Egypt rises like the Nile,
like rivers m whose waters surge.
He said, 'I will rise, I will cover the earth,
I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.'
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n Advance, O horses,
and rage, O chariots!
Let the warriors go out:
men of Cush and o Put who handle the shield,
p men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
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q That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts,
r a day of vengeance,
s to avenge himself on his foes.
t The sword shall devour and be sated
and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord God of hosts holds u a sacrifice
v in the north country w by the river Euphrates.
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x Go up to Gilead, and take x balm,
O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain you have used many medicines;
y there is no healing for you.
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The nations have heard of your shame,
and the earth is full of your cry;
z for warrior has stumbled against warrior;
they have both fallen together."
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The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of a Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
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"Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in b Migdol;
proclaim in b Memphis and b Tahpanhes;
say, c 'Stand ready and be prepared,
for d the sword shall devour around you.'
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Why are your mighty ones face down?
They do not stand
because the Lord thrust them down.
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He made many stumble, f and they fell,
and they said one to another,
'Arise, and let us go back to our own people
and to the land of our birth,
g because of the sword of the oppressor.'
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Call the name of h Pharaoh, king of Egypt,
'Noisy one who lets the hour go by.'
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i "As I live, declares the King,
j whose name is the Lord of hosts,
like k Tabor among the mountains
and like l Carmel by the sea, shall one come.
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m Prepare yourselves baggage for exile,
O n inhabitants of Egypt!
For o Memphis shall become a waste,
a ruin, p without inhabitant.
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"A beautiful q heifer is Egypt,
but a biting fly r from the north has come upon her.
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Even her hired soldiers in her midst
are like s fattened calves;
yes, they have turned and fled together;
they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
t the time of their punishment.
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"She makes u a sound like a serpent gliding away;
for her enemies march in force
and come against her with axes
v like those who fell trees.
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v They shall cut down her forest,
declares the Lord,
though it is impenetrable,
because w they are more numerous than locusts;
they are without number.
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The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame;
she shall be delivered into the hand of r a people from the north."
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The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: "Behold, I am bringing punishment upon x Amon of y Thebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt z and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.
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a I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their life, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. b Afterward Egypt shall be inhabited c as in the days of old, declares the Lord.
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d "But fear not, O Jacob my servant,
nor be dismayed, O Israel,
for behold, I will save you from far away,
and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
and none shall make him afraid.
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d Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
declares the Lord,
for I am with you.
I will make a full end of all the nations
to which I have driven you,
but of you I will not make a full end.
e I will discipline you in just measure,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished."
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Jeremiah 1:5
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."
Jeremiah 25:13
I will bring upon that land all the words that I have uttered against it, everything written in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.
Jeremiah 25:15 - 26
Thus the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.
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2 Kings 23:29
In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. King Josiah went to meet him, and Pharaoh Neco killed him at Megiddo, as soon as he saw him.
2 Chronicles 35:20
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to meet him.
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Jeremiah 25:1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon).
Jeremiah 36:1
In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord :
Jeremiah 45:1
The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
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Jeremiah 51:11
Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for his temple.
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Nahum 3:2
The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
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Jeremiah 46:3
Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
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2 Samuel 1:19
Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
2 Samuel 1:25
How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle! "Jonathan lies slain on your high places.
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Jeremiah 46:21
Even her hired soldiers in her midst are like fattened calves; yes, they have turned and fled together; they did not stand, for the day of their calamity has come upon them, the time of their punishment.
Jeremiah 47:3
At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels, the fathers look not back to their children, so feeble are their hands.
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Jeremiah 6:25
Go not out into the field, nor walk on the road, for the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
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Jeremiah 46:2
About Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
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Daniel 11:19
Then he shall turn his face back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.
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Jeremiah 47:2
Thus says the Lord : Behold, waters are rising out of the north, and shall become an overflowing torrent; they shall overflow the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it. Men shall cry out, and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.
Isaiah 8:7 - 8
Therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks.
Daniel 11:22
Armies shall be utterly swept away before him and broken, even the prince of the covenant.
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Ezekiel 32:2
Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: "You consider yourself a lion of the nations, but you are like a dragon in the seas; you burst forth in your rivers, trouble the waters with your feet, and foul their rivers.
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Jeremiah 46:7
Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?
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Nahum 3:2
The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
Judges 5:22
Then loud beat the horses' hoofs with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
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Ezekiel 27:10
Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.
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Isaiah 66:19
And I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands far away, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations.
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Isaiah 13:9
Behold, the day of the Lord comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the land a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.
Joel 1:15
Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.
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Jeremiah 50:15
Raise a shout against her all around; she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen; her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord : take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done.
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Isaiah 1:24
Therefore the Lord declares, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes.
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Jeremiah 46:14
"Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol; proclaim in Memphis and Tahpanhes; say, 'Stand ready and be prepared, for the sword shall devour around you.'
Isaiah 34:5
For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; behold, it descends for judgment upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
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Isaiah 34:6
The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood; it is gorged with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
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Jeremiah 46:6
The swift cannot flee away, nor the warrior escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.
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Jeremiah 46:2
About Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
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Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
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Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
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Ezekiel 30:21
Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.
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Jeremiah 46:6
The swift cannot flee away, nor the warrior escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.
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Jeremiah 43:10 - 11
And say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden, and he will spread his royal canopy over them.
Jeremiah 44:30
Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life.
Isaiah 19:4
And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a hard master, and a fierce king will rule over them, declares the Lord God of hosts.
Ezekiel 29:10
Therefore, behold, I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.
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Jeremiah 44:1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros.
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Jeremiah 44:1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros.
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Jeremiah 44:1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros.
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Jeremiah 46:3 - 4
Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
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Jeremiah 46:10
That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
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Leviticus 26:37
They shall stumble over one another, as if to escape a sword, though none pursues. And you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
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Jeremiah 50:16
Cut off from Babylon the sower, and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest; because of the sword of the oppressor, every one shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
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Isaiah 30:7
Egypt's help is worthless and empty; therefore I have called her "Rahab who sits still.
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Jeremiah 4:2
And if you swear, 'As the Lord lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
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Jeremiah 48:15
The destroyer of Moab and his cities has come up, and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 51:57
I will make drunk her officials and her wise men, her governors, her commanders, and her warriors; they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 47:4
Our Redeemer - the Lord of hosts is his name - is the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 48:2
For they call themselves after the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; the Lord of hosts is his name.
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Judges 4:6
She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, "Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, 'Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun.
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1 Kings 18:42
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. And he bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees.
1 Kings 18:44
And at the seventh time he said, "Behold, a little cloud like a man's hand is rising from the sea." And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.'
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Ezekiel 12:3
As for you, son of man, prepare for yourself an exile's baggage, and go into exile by day in their sight. You shall go like an exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
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Jeremiah 48:18
Come down from your glory, and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitant of Dibon! For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you; he has destroyed your strongholds.
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Jeremiah 44:1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros.
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Jeremiah 4:7
A lion has gone up from his thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone out from his place to make your land a waste; your cities will be ruins without inhabitant.
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Hosea 10:11
Ephraim was a trained calf that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck; but I will put Ephraim to the yoke; Judah must plow; Jacob must harrow for himself.
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Jeremiah 46:6
The swift cannot flee away, nor the warrior escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.
Jeremiah 46:10
That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Jeremiah 46:24
The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of a people from the north.
Jeremiah 1:13
The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.
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Amos 6:4
Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory and stretch themselves out on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall.
Malachi 4:2
But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
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Jeremiah 50:27
Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
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Isaiah 29:4
And you will be brought low; from the earth you shall speak, and from the dust your speech will be bowed down; your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost, and from the dust your speech shall whisper.
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Isaiah 10:34
He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe, and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.
Isaiah 14:8
The cypresses rejoice at you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.
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Jeremiah 46:22
She makes a sound like a serpent gliding away; for her enemies march in force and come against her with axes like those who fell trees.
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Judges 6:5
For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come like locusts in number - both they and their camels could not be counted - so that they laid waste the land as they came in.
Judges 7:12
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance.
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Jeremiah 46:20
A beautiful heifer is Egypt, but a biting fly from the north has come upon her.
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Nahum 3:8
Are you better than Thebes that sat by the Nile, with water around her, her rampart a sea, and water her wall?
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Ezekiel 30:14 - 15
I will make Pathros a desolation and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments on Thebes.
Ezekiel 30:16
And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and Memphis shall face enemies by day.
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Jeremiah 43:12
I shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. And he shall clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd cleans his cloak of vermin, and he shall go away from there in peace.
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Jeremiah 44:30
Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life.
Ezekiel 30:4
A sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Cush, when the slain fall in Egypt, and her wealth is carried away, and her foundations are torn down.
Ezekiel 32:11
For thus says the Lord God : The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you.
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Ezekiel 29:13 - 14
For thus says the Lord God : At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered.
Isaiah 19:22 - 25
And the Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the Lord, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.
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Isaiah 51:9
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord ; awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?
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Jeremiah 30:10 - 11
Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the Lord, nor be dismayed, O Israel; for behold, I will save you from far away, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease, and none shall make him afraid.
Isaiah 43:5
Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.
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Jeremiah 46:27
But fear not, O Jacob my servant, nor be dismayed, O Israel, for behold, I will save you from far away, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease, and none shall make him afraid.
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Jeremiah 10:24
Correct me, O Lord, but in justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
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