JEREMIAH 45-46

¹ This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Barʹuch the son of Ne·riʹah when he wrote in a book these words dictated by Jeremiah in the fourth year of Je·hoiʹa·kim son of Jo·siʹah, the king of Judah:

² “This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says concerning you, Barʹuch,

³ ‘You have said: “Woe to me, for Jehovah has added grief to my pain! I am weary from my groaning, and I have found no resting-place.”’

⁴ “You should say to him, ‘This is what Jehovah says: “Look! What I have built up I am tearing down, and what I have planted I am uprooting—the entire land.

⁵ “‘For I am about to bring a calamity on all flesh,’ declares Jehovah, ‘and wherever you may go, I will grant you your life as a spoil.’”

¹ This is the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations:

² For Egypt, concerning the army of Pharʹaoh Neʹcho the king of Egypt, who was along the Eu·phraʹtes River and was defeated at Carʹche·mish by King Neb·u·chad·nezʹzar of Babylon in the fourth year of Je·hoiʹa·kim son of Jo·siʹah, the king of Judah:

³ And advance to the battle.

⁴ Polish the lances and put on your coats of mail.

⁵ There is terror all around,’ declares Jehovah.

⁶ They have stumbled and fallen.’

⁷ Like the rivers of surging waters?

⁸ I will destroy the city and those inhabiting it.’

⁹ And the Luʹdim, who handle and bend the bow.

¹⁰ “That day belongs to the Sovereign Lord, Jehovah of armies, the day of vengeance for taking revenge on his adversaries. And the sword will devour and satisfy itself and take its fill of their blood, for the Sovereign Lord, Jehovah of armies, has a sacrifice in the land of the north by the Eu·phraʹtes River.

¹¹ For there is no cure for you.

¹² And they both fall down together.”

¹³ This is the word that Jehovah spoke to Jeremiah the prophet regarding the coming of King Neb·u·chad·nezʹzar of Babylon to strike down the land of Egypt:

¹⁴ For a sword will devour all around you.

¹⁵ For Jehovah has pushed them down.

¹⁶ Because of the cruel sword.”’

¹⁷ Who has let the opportunity pass by.’

¹⁸ And like Carʹmel by the sea.

¹⁹ It will be set afire and left without an inhabitant.

²⁰ But stinging flies will come against her from the north.

²¹ Their time of reckoning.’

²² Like men cutting down trees.

²³ For they are more numerous than locusts, without number.

²⁴ She will be handed over to the people of the north.’

²⁵ “Jehovah of armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Now I am turning my attention to Aʹmon from No, to Pharʹaoh, to Egypt, to her gods, and to her kings—yes, to Pharʹaoh and all those trusting in him.’

²⁶ “‘And I will hand them over to those seeking to take their life, to King Neb·u·chad·nezʹzar of Babylon and his servants. But afterward she will be inhabited as in times past,’ declares Jehovah.

²⁷ With no one to make them afraid.

²⁸ But I will by no means leave you unpunished.’”