< Jeremiah 46 >

1 which to be word LORD to(wards) Jeremiah [the] prophet upon [the] nation
That which has been the word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet concerning 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
for Egypt, concerning the force of Pharaoh-Necho king of Egypt, that has been by the Euphrates River, in Carchemish, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has struck, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
3 to arrange shield and shield and to approach: approach to/for battle
“Set shield and buckler in array, And draw near to 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
Gird the horses, and go up, you horsemen, And station yourselves with helmets, Polish the javelins, put on the coats of mail.
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 have I seen them dismayed [and] turned backward? And their mighty ones are beaten down, And they have fled [to] a refuge, And did not turn their face, Fear [is] all around—a declaration of YHWH.
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 do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the Euphrates River, They have stumbled and fallen.
7 who? this like/as Nile to ascend: rise like/as river to shake water his
Who is this? He comes up as a flood, His waters shake themselves as 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 comes up as a flood, And the waters shake themselves as rivers. And he says, I go up; I cover the land, I destroy the city and the inhabitants in it.
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; and boast yourselves, you chariots, And go forth, you mighty, Cush and Phut handling the shield, And Lud handling—treading 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
And that day [is] to Lord YHWH of Hosts A day of vengeance, To be avenged of His adversaries, And the sword has devoured, and been satisfied, And it has been watered from their blood, For a sacrifice [is] to Lord YHWH of Hosts, In the land of the north, by the Euphrates River.
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 balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt, You have multiplied medicines in vain, There is no healing for you.
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
Nations have heard of your shame, And your cry has filled the land, For the mighty stumbled on the mighty, Together they have fallen—both of them!”
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 that YHWH has spoken to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the coming in 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
“Declare in Egypt, and sound in Migdol, And sound in Noph, and in Tahpanhes, say, Stand firm and prepare yourself, For a sword has devoured around you,
15 why? to prostatrate mighty: strong your not to stand: stand for LORD to thrust him
Why has your bull been swept away? He has not stood, because YHWH thrust him away.
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
He has multiplied the stumbling, Indeed, one has fallen on his neighbor, And they say: Rise, and we return to our people, And to the land of our birth, Because of the oppressing sword.
17 to call: call to there Pharaoh king Egypt roar to pass [the] meeting: time appointed
They have cried there: Pharaoh king of Egypt [is] a desolation, The appointed time has passed 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] I live—an affirmation of the King, YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name, Surely as Tabor [is] among mountains, And as Carmel by the sea—he comes in,
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
Make goods for yourself for removal, O inhabitant, daughter of Egypt, For Noph becomes a desolation, And has been burned up, without inhabitant.
20 heifer pretty pretty Egypt stinging fly from north to come (in): come to come (in): come
Egypt [is] a very beautiful heifer, Destruction comes into her from 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
Even her hired ones in her midst [are] as calves of the stall, For even they have turned, They have fled together, they have not stood, For the day of their calamity has come on them, The time of their inspection.
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
Its voice goes on as a serpent, For they go with a force, And they have come in to her with axes, As hewers of 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 have cut down her forest, A declaration of YHWH, For it is not searched, For they have been more than the grasshopper, And they have no numbering.
24 be ashamed daughter Egypt to give: give in/on/with hand: power people north
The daughter of Egypt has been ashamed, She has been given into the hand 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
YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, has said: Behold, I am seeing after Amon of No, And after Pharaoh, and after Egypt, And after her gods, and after her kings, And after Pharaoh, and after those trusting 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 have given them into the hand of those seeking their life, And into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of his servants, And afterward it is inhabited, As [in] days of old—a declaration of YHWH.
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
And you, you do not fear, My servant Jacob, Nor [are] you dismayed, O Israel, For behold, I am saving you from afar—And your seed from the land of their captivity, And Jacob has turned back, And has been at rest, and been at ease, And there is none disturbing.
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
You do not fear, My servant Jacob, A declaration of YHWH, For I [am] with you, For I make an end of all the nations To where I have driven you, And I do not make an end of you, And I have reproved you in judgment, And do not entirely acquit you!”

< Jeremiah 46 >