< Jeremiah 46 >
1 which to be word LORD to(wards) Jeremiah [the] prophet upon [the] nation
This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet
2 to/for Egypt upon strength: soldiers Pharaoh (Neco) (Pharaoh) Neco king Egypt which to be upon river Euphrates in/on/with Carchemish which to smite Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon in/on/with year [the] fourth to/for Jehoiakim son: child Josiah king Judah
concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:
3 to arrange shield and shield and to approach: approach to/for battle
“Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!
4 to bind [the] horse and to ascend: copulate [the] horse and to stand in/on/with helmet to polish [the] spear to clothe [the] armor
Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!
5 why? to see: see they(masc.) shattered to turn back and mighty man their to crush and refuge to flee and not to turn terror from around: side utterance LORD
Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!”
6 not to flee [the] swift and not to escape [the] mighty man north [to] upon hand: by river Euphrates to stumble and to fall: fall
“The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.
7 who? this like/as Nile to ascend: rise like/as river to shake water his
Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?
8 Egypt like/as Nile to ascend: rise and like/as river to shake water and to say to ascend: rise to cover land: country/planet to perish city and to dwell in/on/with her
Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’
9 to ascend: rise [the] horse and to boast: rave madly [the] chariot and to come out: come [the] mighty man Cush and Put to capture shield and Lydian to capture to tread bow
Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth— Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
10 and [the] day [the] he/she/it to/for Lord YHWH/God Hosts day vengeance to/for to avenge from enemy his and to eat sword and to satisfy and to quench from blood their for sacrifice to/for Lord YHWH/God Hosts in/on/with land: country/planet north to(wards) river Euphrates
For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
11 to ascend: rise Gilead and to take: take balsam virgin daughter Egypt to/for vanity: vain (to multiply *Q(K)*) remedy healing nothing to/for you
Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
12 to hear: hear nation dishonor your and outcry your to fill [the] land: country/planet for mighty man in/on/with mighty man to stumble together to fall: fall two their
The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together.”
13 [the] word which to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Jeremiah [the] prophet to/for to come (in): come Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon to/for to smite [obj] land: country/planet Egypt
This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
14 to tell in/on/with Egypt and to hear: proclaim in/on/with Migdol and to hear: proclaim in/on/with Memphis and in/on/with Tahpanhes to say to stand and to establish: prepare to/for you for to eat sword around you
“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
15 why? to prostatrate mighty: strong your not to stand: stand for LORD to thrust him
Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.
16 to multiply to stumble also to fall: fall man: anyone to(wards) neighbor his and to say to arise: rise [emph?] and to return: return to(wards) people our and to(wards) land: country/planet relatives our from face: because sword [the] to oppress
They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’
17 to call: call to there Pharaoh king Egypt roar to pass [the] meeting: time appointed
There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’
18 alive I utterance [the] king LORD Hosts name his for like/as (Mount) Tabor in/on/with mountain: mount and like/as Carmel in/on/with sea to come (in): come
As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
19 article/utensil captivity to make to/for you to dwell daughter Egypt for Memphis to/for horror: destroyed to be and to kindle from nothing to dwell
Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.
20 heifer pretty pretty Egypt stinging fly from north to come (in): come to come (in): come
Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.
21 also hired her in/on/with entrails: among her like/as calf stall for also they(masc.) to turn to flee together not to stand: stand for day calamity their to come (in): come upon them time punishment their
Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them— the time of their punishment.
22 voice: sound her like/as serpent to go: walk for in/on/with strength: soldiers to go: walk and in/on/with axe to come (in): come to/for her like/as to chop tree
Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.
23 to cut: cut wood her utterance LORD for not to search for to multiply from locust and nothing to/for them number
They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.
24 be ashamed daughter Egypt to give: give in/on/with hand: power people north
The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”
25 to say LORD Hosts God Israel look! I to reckon: punish to(wards) Amon from Thebes and upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt and upon God her and upon king her and upon Pharaoh and upon [the] to trust in/on/with him
The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.
26 and to give: give them in/on/with hand: power to seek soul: life their and in/on/with hand: power Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon and in/on/with hand: power servant/slave his and after so to dwell like/as day front: old utterance LORD
I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.
27 and you(m. s.) not to fear servant/slave my Jacob and not to to be dismayed Israel for look! I to save you from distant and [obj] seed: children your from land: country/planet captivity their and to return: return Jacob and to quiet and to rest and nothing to tremble
But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
28 you(m. s.) not to fear servant/slave my Jacob utterance LORD for with you I for to make consumption in/on/with all [the] nation which to banish you there [to] and [obj] you not to make consumption and to discipline you to/for justice and to clear not to clear you
And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”