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Judgment on Egypt

¹The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against ⚓the nations. ²Against ⚓Egypt.
⚓Concerning the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, which was by the River Euphrates in Carchemish, and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ⚓defeated in the ⚓fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
³“Order the buckler and shield,
And draw near to battle!
⁴Harness the horses,
And mount up, you horsemen!
Stand forth with your helmets,
Polish the spears,
⚓Put on the armor!
⁵Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back?
Their mighty ones are beaten down;
They have speedily fled,
And did not look back,
For⚓fear was all around,” says the Lord.
⁶“Do not let the swift flee away,
Nor the mighty man escape;
They will ⚓stumble and fall
Toward the north, by the River Euphrates.
⁷“Who is this coming up ⚓like a flood,
Whose waters move like the rivers?
⁸Egypt rises up like a flood,
And its waters move like the rivers;
And he says, ‘I will go up and cover the earth,
I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.’
⁹Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots!
And let the mighty men come forth:
The Ethiopians and the Libyans who handle the shield,
And the Lydians ⚓who handle and bend the bow.
¹⁰For this is⚓the day of the Lord God of hosts,
A day of vengeance,
That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.
⚓The sword shall devour;
It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood;
For the Lord God of hosts ⚓has a sacrifice
In the north country by the River Euphrates.
¹¹“Go⚓ up to Gilead and take balm,
⚓O virgin, the daughter of Egypt;
In vain you will use many medicines;
⚓You shall not be cured.
¹²The nations have heard of your ⚓shame,
And your cry has filled the land;
For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty;
They both have fallen together.”

Babylonia Will Strike Egypt

¹³The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon would come and⚓strike the land of Egypt.
¹⁴“Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in ⚓Migdol;
Proclaim in Noph and in ⚓Tahpanhes;
Say, ‘Stand fast and prepare yourselves,
For the sword devours all around you.’
¹⁵Why are your valiant men swept away?
They did not stand
Because the Lord drove them away.
¹⁶He made many fall;
Yes, ⚓one fell upon another.
And they said, ‘Arise!
⚓Let us go back to our own people
And to the land of our nativity
From the oppressing sword.’
¹⁷They cried there,
‘Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is but a noise.
He has passed by the appointed time!’
¹⁸“As I live,” says the King,
⚓Whose name is the Lord of hosts,
“Surely as Tabor is among the mountains
And as Carmel by the sea, so he shall come.
¹⁹O ⚓you daughter dwelling in Egypt,
Prepare yourself ⚓to go into captivity!
For Noph shall be waste and desolate, without inhabitant.
²⁰“Egypt is a very pretty ⚓heifer,
But destruction comes, it comes ⚓from the north.
²¹Also her mercenaries are in her midst like fat bulls,
For they also are turned back,
They have fled away together.
They did not stand,
For ⚓the day of their calamity had come upon them,
The time of their punishment.
²²⚓Her noise shall go like a serpent,
For they shall march with an army
And come against her with axes,
Like those who chop wood.
²³“They shall ⚓cut down her forest,” says the Lord,
“Though it cannot be searched,
Because they are innumerable,
And more numerous than ⚓grasshoppers.
²⁴The daughter of Egypt shall be ashamed;
She shall be delivered into the hand
Of ⚓the people of the north.”
²⁵The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring punishment on Amon of ⚓No, and Pharaoh and Egypt, ⚓with their gods and their kings—Pharaoh and those who ⚓trust in him. ²⁶⚓And I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of his servants. ⚓Afterward it shall be inhabited as in the days of old,” says the Lord.

God Will Preserve Israel

²⁷“But⚓ do not fear, O My servant Jacob,
And do not be dismayed, O Israel!
For behold, I will ⚓save you from afar,
And your offspring from the land of their captivity;
Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease;
No one shall make him afraid.
²⁸Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the Lord,
“For I am with you;
For I will make a complete end of all the nations
To which I have driven you,
But I will not make ⚓a complete end of you.
I will rightly ⚓correct you,
For I will not leave you wholly unpunished.”

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Tej lug has txug Iyi

¹Yawmsaub tej lug kws has tuaj rua Yelemi kws yog xwbfwb cev Vaajtswv lug ntswg txug ib tsoom tebchaws.
²Nuav yog tej kws has txug Iyi tebchaws, has txug Iyi tug vaajntxwv Falau Nekhau paab tub rog kws nyob ntawm ntug dej Yufeti huv lub moos Khakhemi, kws vaajntxwv Nenpukhanexa huv Npanpiloo ntaus yeej, rua xyoo plaub kws Yauxiya tug tub Yehauyakhi ua vaajntxwv kaav Yuta.
³“Ca le npaaj daim hlau tiv thaiv luj hab daim kws miv,
hab tawm moog ua rog.
⁴Ca le pem eeb rua neeg, ca le nce hlo caij neeg.
Ca le ntoo mej tej mom hlau
moog sawv ntawm mej lub chaw ua rog
hab huv mej raab muv hab naav mej lub tsho hlau.
⁵Kuv pum daabtsw?
Puab ntshai kawg le, puab tig loo tswv rov qaab.
Puab tej tub rog raug muab ntaus qaug
hab tswv sai kawg le lawm.
Puab tsw tig saib qaab le.
Kev txhawj kev ntshai muaj rua txhua faab.”
Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
⁶“Tug kws nrawm kuj tswv tsw taug,
tub rog kuj tswv tsw dim,
puab dawm hab qaug taag
rua saab qaum teb peg ntawm ntug dej Yufeti.

⁷“Nuav yog leejtwg nev,
nyaab hlo tuaj zoo yaam nkaus le tug dej Nai,
zoo yaam nkaus le tej dej saab swv ndwg ceev?
⁸Iyi nyaab hlo tuaj zoo yaam nkaus le tug dej Nai,
zoo yaam nkaus tej dej saab swv ndwg ceev.
Nwg has tas, ‘Kuv yuav sawv, kuv yuav nyaab lub nplajteb.
Kuv yuav ua rua tej moos hab tej tuabneeg puam tsuaj.’
⁹Tej neeg 'e, ca le sawv kev moog,
tej tsheb neeg ua rog 'e, ca dha nrawm nroog.
Ca cov tub rog tawm moog, yog cov tuabneeg Khuj
hab cov tuabneeg Phuj kws tuav daim hlau thaiv,
hab cov tuabneeg Lus kws txawj tua neev.
¹⁰Nub ntawd yog Vaajtswv Yawmsaub
kws muaj fwjchim luj kawg nub,
yog nub kws pauj taub,
yog nub kws nwg yuav pauj taub
rua nwg cov tshawj chim.
Raab ntaaj yuav noj kuas tsau,
hab haus puab cov ntshaav kuas pov khawv,
vem yog Vaajtswv Yawmsaub
kws muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus ua kevcai tua xyeem
rua huv saab qaum teb peg ntawm ntug dej Yufeti.
¹¹Iyi tug ntxhais kws dawb huv 'e,
ca le nce moog rua Kile‑a, moog muab tshuaj.
Koj tub swv tshuaj ntau kawg lawm tsw tau qaabhau,
mas koj khu tsw tau kuas zoo.
¹²Tej tebchaws tub nov txug koj txujkev txaaj muag,
koj lub suab quaj moog thoob nplajteb,
vem yog cov tub rog sws dawm,
puab ib txhwj qaug taag.”

¹³Yawmsaub tej lug kws has rua Yelemi kws yog xwbfwb cev Vaajtswv lug has txug qhov kws vaajntxwv Nenpukhanexa huv Npanpiloo tuaj ntaus Iyi tebchaws.
¹⁴“Ca le tshaaj tawm huv Iyi,
hab pav huv lub moos Mintoo,
ca le pav huv lub moos Meefi hab lub moos Thapaahe,
has tas ‘Sawv ntsug hab npaaj kuas txhwj,
tsua qhov raab ntaaj yuav noj puag ncig mej.’
¹⁵Ua caag tug daab Api tswv lawm?
Ua caag mej tug txoov daab txwv nyuj nyob tsw ruaj?
Vem yog Yawmsaub muab nwg thawb qaug.
¹⁶Mej cov tuabneeg coob coob kuj dawm hab qaug,
hab puab ib leeg has rua ib leeg tas,
‘Ca le sawv tseeg nawj,
ca peb rov qaab moog rua ntawm peb haiv tuabneeg,
moog rua lub tebchaws kws yug peb,
vem yog tim tug kws quab yuam raab ntaaj.’
¹⁷Ca le hu cov Iyi tug vaajntxwv Falau lub npe has tas,
‘Tug kws tshoob hawb tso tej swjhawm taag dawb.’ ”
¹⁸Tug vaajntxwv kws lub npe hu ua Yawmsaub
kws muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus has tas,
“Kuv yeej muaj txujsa nyob,
mas yuav muaj ib tug tuaj
zoo ib yaam le lub roob Thanpau kws nyob huv plawv tej roob
hab zoo yaam le lub roob Khamee ntawm ntug havtxwv.
¹⁹Cov tuabneeg Iyi 'e, ca le fwbxwm tej hov txhua chaw
swv rua thaus mej raug nteg coj moog,
tsua qhov lub moos Meefi yuav pob taag,
nyob do cuas ca, tsw muaj tuabneeg nyob.

²⁰“Iyi yog tug xyuas nyuj kws zoo nkauj,
tassws ib tug yoov nyuj saab qaum teb peg tuaj tum nwg.
²¹Txawm yog nwg cov tub rog kws ndav nrug nwg nyob
zoo yaam nkaus le tej mivnyuas nyuj rog rog,
los puab ca le tig hlo tswv taag moog ua ke,
puab tsw tiv rog hlo le,
vem yog nub kws puab raug puam tsuaj
tub lug txug puab lawm,
yog lub swjhawm kws rau txem rua puab.
²²Nwg ua lub suab zoo yaam le
tug naab kws saamswm ndaug moog,
vem yog nwg cov yeeb ncuab tuaj ua ib paab coob coob,
hab coj taus tuaj tawm tsaam nwg
zoo yaam le cov tuabneeg kws tuaj ntuv ntoo.”
²³Yawmsaub has tas,
“Txawm yog nwg lub haav zoov ntum nti
los puab yuav muab ntuv taag huvsw,
tsua qhov puab cov coob dua tej kooj ntaas
tub suav tsw txheeb.
²⁴Iyi tug ntxhais yuav raug txaaj muag,
nwg yuav raug muab cob rua huv ib haiv tuabneeg
kws nyob saab qaum teb peg txhais teg.”

²⁵Yawmsaub tug muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus kws yog Yixayee tug Vaajtswv has tas, “Saib maj, kuv yuav coj kev rau txem rua tug daab Amoo huv lub moos Thenpe, hab rua Falau hab rua Iyi hab Iyi tej daab hab nwg tej vaajntxwv, yog rau txem rua Falau hab cov kws tso sab rua nwg. ²⁶Kuv yuav muab puab cob rua huv cov kws nrhav txuv puab txujsa txhais teg, yog vaajntxwv Nenpukhanexa huv Npanpiloo hab nwg cov thawj rog txhais teg. Dhau yaav tom qaab Iyi le maav muaj tuabneeg nyob, ib yaam le thau u.” Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
²⁷“Kuv tug qhev Yakhauj 'e, tsw xob ntshai,
Yixayee 'e, tsw xob poob sab nthaav,
tsua qhov, saib maj, kuv yuav cawm meb dim
huv lub chaw kws deb lug,
hab paab meb tej tub ki xeeb ntxwv
tawm huv lub tebchaws kws puab raug nteg lug.
Yakhauj yuav rov lug hab nyob kaaj sab lug
hab noj qaab nyob zoo,
tsw muaj leejtwg yuav ua rua nwg ntshai.”
²⁸Yawmsaub has tas,
“Kuv tug qhev Yakhauj 'e, tsw xob ntshai
vem kuv nrug nraim koj nyob.
Kuv yuav muab txhua lub tebchaws
kws kuv tau lawv mej moog nyob huv lawd
rhuav kuas puam tsuaj taag huvsw,
tassws kuv tsw ua rua mej puam tsuaj taag.
Kuv yuav nplawm qhuab qha mej
lawv le kws tswm nyog ua.
Kuv yeej yuav tsw tseg qhov kws rau txem rua mej.”