< Jeremiah 46 >
1 which to be word LORD to(wards) Jeremiah [the] prophet upon [the] nation
The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about the nations.
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
Of Egypt: about the army of Pharaoh-neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, overcame 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
Get out the breastplate and body-cover, and come together to the fight.
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
Make the horses ready, and get up, you horsemen, and take your places with your head-dresses; make the spears sharp and put on the breastplates.
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
What have I seen? they are overcome with fear and turned back; their men of war are broken and have gone in flight, not looking back: fear is on every side, says the Lord.
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
Let not the quick-footed go in flight, or the man of war get away; on the north, by the river Euphrates, they are slipping and falling.
7 who? this like/as Nile to ascend: rise like/as river to shake water his
Who is this coming up like the Nile, whose waters are lifting their heads like the rivers?
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 is coming up like the Nile, and his waters are lifting their heads like the rivers, and he says, I will go up, covering the earth; I will send destruction on the town and its 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
Go up, you horses; go rushing on, you carriages of war; go out, you men of war: Cush and Put, gripping the body-cover, and the Ludim, with bent bows.
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
But that day is the day of the Lord, the Lord of armies, a day of punishment when he will take payment from his haters: and the sword will have all its desire, drinking their blood in full measure: for there is an offering to the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the north country 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 and take sweet oil, O virgin daughter of Egypt: there is no help in all your medical arts; nothing will make you well.
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
Your shame has come to the ears of the nations, and the earth is full of your cry: for the strong man is falling against the strong, they have come down 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
The word which the Lord said to Jeremiah the prophet, of how Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, would come and make war on 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
Give the news in Migdol, make it public in Noph: say, Take up your positions and make yourselves ready; for on every side of you the sword has made destruction.
15 why? to prostatrate mighty: strong your not to stand: stand for LORD to thrust him
Why has Apis, your strong one, gone in flight? he was not able to keep his place, because the Lord was forcing him down with strength.
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
... are stopped in their going, they are falling; and they say one to another, Let us get up and go back to our people, to the land of our birth, away from the cruel sword.
17 to call: call to there Pharaoh king Egypt roar to pass [the] meeting: time appointed
Give a name to Pharaoh, king of Egypt: A noise who has let the time go 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
By my life, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies, truly, like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, so will he come.
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
O daughter living in Egypt, make ready the vessels of a prisoner: for Noph will become a waste, it will be burned up and become unpeopled.
20 heifer pretty pretty Egypt stinging fly from north to come (in): come to come (in): come
Egypt is a fair young cow; but a biting insect has come on her out of the north.
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
And those who were her fighters for payment are like fat oxen; for they are turned back, they have gone in flight together, they do not keep their place: for the day of their fate has come on 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
She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with axes, like wood-cutters.
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 be cutting down her woods, for they may not be searched out; because they are like locusts, more than may be numbered.
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 given up 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 armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on Amon of No and on Pharaoh and on those who put their faith in him;
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
And I will give them up into the hands of those who will take their lives, and into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hands of his servants: and later, it will be peopled as in the past, says 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 have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, and do not be troubled, O Israel: for see, I will make you come back from far away, and your seed from the land where they are prisoners; and Jacob will come back, and will be quiet and in peace, and no one will give him cause for fear.
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
Have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, says the Lord; for I am with you: for I will put an end to all the nations where I have sent you, but I will not put an end to you completely: though with wise purpose I will put right your errors, and will not let you go quite without punishment.