{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/jeremiah/46","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:58:58.062Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Jeremiah","bookSlug":"jeremiah","chapter":46,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":45,"nextChapter":47,"totalChapters":52,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith the LORD."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled, and fallen."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For that day is a day of the Lord, the LORD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood: for the Lord, the LORD of hosts, hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no healing for thee."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The nations have heard of thy shame, and the earth is full of thy cry: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, stand forth, and prepare thee; for the sword hath devoured round about thee."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Why are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He made many to stumble, yea, they fell one upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Egypt is a very fair heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand: for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and them that trust in him:"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"But fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, low, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD; for I am with thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee with judgment, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished."}],"citation":{"inline":"Jeremiah 46 (ERV)","markdown":"[Jeremiah 46](https://primebible.com/erv/jeremiah/46)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/jeremiah/46 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}