Jeremiah 46:13-19
Nations that trust in power and alliances instead of the Lord will ultimately face humiliation under His sovereign judgment.
13 The word that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt.
14 “Declare in Egypt, publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say, ‘Stand up, and prepare; for the sword has devoured around you.’
15 Why are your strong ones swept away? They didn’t stand, because Yahweh pushed them.
16 He made many to stumble. Yes, they fell on one another. They said, ‘Arise! Let’s go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.’
17 They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.’
18 “As I live,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, “surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so he will come.
19 You daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis will become a desolation, and will be burned up, without inhabitant.
Nations that trust in power and alliances instead of the LORD will ultimately face humiliation under His sovereign judgment.
To announce the coming Babylonian invasion of Egypt and declare that the LORD Himself will bring devastation upon the land.
Jeremiah 46:13–19 continues the oracle against Egypt that began earlier in the chapter. While the previous section focused on Egypt’s defeat at Carchemish, this portion looks forward to a Babylonian invasion of Egypt itself. The prophecy broadens the judgment theme, showing that Babylon’s rise represents an instrument of divine judgment across the region.
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