Jeremiah 46:7-8

Judgment on Egypt

7 "Who is this, l rising like the Nile,
like rivers m whose waters surge?
8 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.'

  1. Cross References
    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.
  2. Cross References
    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.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:7
    Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?
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