044:027 Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good;
and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall
be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there
be an end of them.
044:028 Those who escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt
into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant
of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there,
shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.
044:029 This shall be the sign to you, says Yahweh, that I will punish
you in this place, that you may know that my words shall
surely stand against you for evil:
044:030 Thus says Yahweh, 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.
045:001 The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son
of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth
of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,
king of Judah, saying,
045:002 Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to you, Baruch:
045:003 You did say, Woe is me now! for Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain;
I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.
045:004 Thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, that which I
have built will I break down, and that which I have planted
I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
045:005 Seek you great things for yourself? Don't seek them;
for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh, says Yahweh;
but your life will I give to you for a prey in all places
where you go.
046:001 The word of Yahweh which came to Jeremiah the prophet
concerning the nations.
046:002 Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king
of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish,
which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth
year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
046:003 Prepare you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
046:004 Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth
with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
046:005 Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward;
and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace,
and don't look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh.
046:006 Don't let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape;
in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
046:007 Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss
themselves like the rivers?
046:008 Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves
like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover
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