The Koine Bible

concerning Egypt, against the power of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, who was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim king of Judah

Take up weapons and shields and bring near for war

Harness the horses; mount, you horsemen; and stand in your helmets; put forward the spears, and put on your breastplates.

Why is it that they are terrified and turn away backward, because their mighty men shall be cut down? In flight they fled and did not turn back, being surrounded all around, says the Lord.

Let the light one not flee, and let the strong not escape; toward the north, those by the Euphrates have grown weak, they have fallen.

Who is this, who will rise like a river, and like rivers whose waters surge?

The waters of Egypt shall rise up like a river, and he said, I will rise up and cover the land, and destroy those dwelling in it.

Mount on the horses, prepare the chariots, let the warriors of the Ethiopians and Libyans come forth, armed with weapons, and Lydians, go up, draw the bow.

And that day is to the Lord our God a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his enemies; and the sword of the Lord shall devour and shall be satisfied and shall be made drunk from their blood, because it is a sacrifice to the Lord Sabaoth from the land of the north by the river Euphrates.

Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt; in vain you have multiplied your remedies, there is no benefit for you.

Nations heard your voice, and the earth was filled with your outcry, because warrior against warrior grew weak; together both fell.

which the Lord spoke by the hand of Jeremiah, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to come and to strike the land of Egypt

Report to Migdol and proclaim in Memphis; say, Stand ready and prepare, because the sword has devoured your scythe.

Why has Apis, your chosen calf, fled? He did not remain, because the Lord has loosed him.

and your multitude became weak and fell, and each one spoke to his neighbor, Let us rise up and let us return to our people, to our fatherland, from before the face of the Greek sword

Call the name of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt: Saon esbi emōēd

As I live, says the Lord God, that as Tabor among the mountains and as Carmel by the sea, so it shall come.

Make for yourself articles of removal, inhabiting daughter of Egypt, for Memphis shall be for destruction and shall be called Woe because there are no inhabitants in it

A decorated heifer, Egypt; a detachment from the north has come upon her.

And her hired men in her were like fatted calves, being nourished in her, because they also turned away and fled together; they did not stand, because the day of destruction came upon them and the time of their vengeance.

A voice like a hissing serpent, for they shall go in sand; with axes they shall come against her, as men cutting wood

They shall cut down its forest, says the Lord God, because it shall by no means be imagined that it is more numerous than locusts, and there is no number to them.

The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame; she has been handed over into the hands of a people from the north.

Behold, I am avenging Amon her son upon Pharaoh and upon those who have trusted in him

But you, my servant Jacob, do not fear, nor be terrified, Israel, because behold, I am saving you from afar, and your seed from their captivity; and Jacob shall return and be at rest and sleep, and there shall be no one troubling him.

Do not fear, my servant Jacob, says the Lord, for I am with you, for I will make a complete end of all the nations where I drove you there, but you I will not utterly destroy, and I will discipline you with justice, and I will not leave you unpunished.