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Chapter 46
Judgment on Egypt
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[This is] the word of the LORD about the nations— [the word] that came to Jeremiah the prophet
𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤄𐤍𐤁𐤉𐤀
דְבַר־ יְהוָ֛ה עַל־ הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָיָ֧ה אֶל־ יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ הַנָּבִ֖יא ḏə·ḇar- Yah·weh ‘al- hag·gō·w·yim ’ă·šer hā·yāh ’el- yir·mə·yā·hū han·nā·ḇî — WLC · 1
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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:
𐤏𐤋 𐤋𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤇𐤉𐤋 𐤐𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤍𐤊𐤅 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤊𐤄 𐤁𐤊𐤓𐤊𐤌𐤔 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤐𐤓𐤕 𐤍𐤄𐤓 𐤍𐤁𐤅𐤊𐤃𐤓𐤀𐤑𐤓 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤁𐤋 𐤄𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤏𐤉𐤕 𐤁𐤔𐤍𐤕 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤍 𐤉𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄
עַל־ לְמִצְרַ֗יִם חֵ֨יל פַּרְעֹ֤ה נְכוֹ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁר־ הָיָ֥ה עַל־ הִכָּ֗ה בְּכַרְכְּמִ֑שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פְּרָ֖ת נְהַר־ נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל הָֽרְבִיעִ֔ית בִּשְׁנַת֙ לִיהוֹיָקִ֥ים בֶּן־ יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃ ‘al- lə·miṣ·ra·yim ḥêl par·‘ōh nə·ḵōw me·leḵ miṣ·ra·yim ’ă·šer- hā·yāh ‘al- hik·kāh bə·ḵar·kə·miš ’ă·šer pə·rāṯ nə·har- nə·ḇū·ḵaḏ·reṣ·ṣar me·leḵ bā·ḇel hā·rə·ḇî·‘îṯ biš·naṯ lî·hō·w·yā·qîm ben- yō·šî·yā·hū me·leḵ yə·hū·ḏāh — WLC · 2
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“Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!
𐤏𐤓𐤊𐤅 𐤌𐤂𐤍 𐤅𐤑𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤂𐤔𐤅 𐤋𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄
עִרְכ֤וּ מָגֵן֙ וְצִנָּ֔ה וּגְשׁ֖וּ לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ ‘ir·ḵū mā·ḡên wə·ṣin·nāh ū·ḡə·šū lam·mil·ḥā·māh — WLC · 3
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Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!
𐤀𐤎𐤓𐤅 𐤄𐤎𐤅𐤎𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤋𐤅 𐤄𐤐𐤓𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤕𐤉𐤑𐤁𐤅 𐤁𐤊𐤅𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤓𐤒𐤅 𐤄𐤓𐤌𐤇𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤁𐤔𐤅 𐤄𐤎𐤓𐤉𐤍𐤕
אִסְר֣וּ הַסּוּסִ֗ים וַֽעֲלוּ֙ הַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים וְהִֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ בְּכ֥וֹבָעִ֑ים מִרְקוּ֙ הָֽרְמָחִ֔ים לִבְשׁ֖וּ הַסִּרְיֹנֹֽת׃ ’is·rū has·sū·sîm wa·‘ă·lū hap·pā·rā·šîm wə·hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣə·ḇū bə·ḵō·w·ḇā·‘îm mir·qū hā·rə·mā·ḥîm liḇ·šū has·sir·yō·nōṯ — WLC · 4
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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!” declares the LORD.
𐤌𐤃𐤅𐤏 𐤓𐤀𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤄 𐤇𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤎𐤂𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤇𐤅𐤓 𐤅𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤓𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤉𐤊𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤌𐤍𐤅𐤎 𐤍𐤎𐤅 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤄𐤐𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤂𐤅𐤓 𐤌𐤎𐤁𐤉𐤁 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
מַדּ֣וּעַ רָאִ֗יתִי הֵ֣מָּה חַתִּים֮ נְסֹגִ֣ים אָחוֹר֒ וְגִבּוֹרֵיהֶ֣ם יֻכַּ֔תּוּ וּמָנ֥וֹס נָ֖סוּ וְלֹ֣א הִפְנ֑וּ מָג֥וֹר מִסָּבִ֖יב נְאֻם־ יְהוָֽה׃ mad·dū·a‘ rā·’î·ṯî hêm·māh ḥat·tîm nə·sō·ḡîm ’ā·ḥō·wr wə·ḡib·bō·w·rê·hem yuk·kat·tū ū·mā·nō·ws nā·sū wə·lō hip̄·nū mā·ḡō·wr mis·sā·ḇîḇ nə·’um- Yah·weh — WLC · 5
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“The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by… the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.
𐤄𐤒𐤋 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤍𐤅𐤎 𐤄𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤓 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤌𐤋𐤈 𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤍𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤃 𐤍𐤄𐤓 𐤐𐤓𐤕 𐤊𐤔𐤋𐤅 𐤅𐤍𐤐𐤋𐤅
הַקַּ֔ל אַל־ יָנ֣וּס הַגִּבּ֑וֹר וְאַל־ יִמָּלֵ֖ט צָפ֙וֹנָה֙ עַל־ יַ֣ד נְהַר־ פְּרָ֔ת כָּשְׁל֖וּ וְנָפָֽלוּ׃ haq·qal ’al- yā·nūs hag·gib·bō·wr wə·’al- yim·mā·lêṭ ṣā·p̄ō·w·nāh ‘al- yaḏ nə·har- pə·rāṯ kā·šə·lū wə·nā·p̄ā·lū — WLC · 6
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Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?
𐤌𐤉 𐤆𐤄 𐤉𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤊𐤉𐤀𐤓 𐤊𐤍𐤄𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤌𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤅 𐤉𐤕𐤂𐤏𐤔𐤅
מִי־ זֶ֖ה יַֽעֲלֶ֑ה כַּיְאֹ֣ר כַּנְּהָר֕וֹת מֵימָֽיו׃ יִֽתְגָּעֲשׁ֖וּ mî- zeh ya·‘ă·leh kay·’ōr kan·nə·hā·rō·wṯ mê·māw yiṯ·gā·‘ă·šū — WLC · 7
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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.’
𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤊𐤉𐤀𐤓 𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤕𐤂𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤅𐤊𐤍𐤄𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤀𐤊𐤎𐤄 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤄 𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤉 𐤁𐤄
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ יַֽעֲלֶ֔ה כַּיְאֹ֣ר מָ֑יִם יִתְגֹּ֣עֲשׁוּ וְכַנְּהָר֖וֹת וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אַֽעֲלֶה֙ אֲכַסֶּה־ אֶ֔רֶץ אֹבִ֥ידָה עִ֖יר וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃ miṣ·ra·yim ya·‘ă·leh kay·’ōr mā·yim yiṯ·gō·‘ă·šū wə·ḵan·nə·hā·rō·wṯ way·yō·mer ’a·‘ă·leh ’ă·ḵas·seh- ’e·reṣ ’ō·ḇî·ḏāh ‘îr wə·yō·šə·ḇê ḇāh — WLC · 8
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Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth— Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia vvv drawing the bow.
𐤏𐤋𐤅 𐤄𐤎𐤅𐤎𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤕𐤄𐤋𐤋𐤅 𐤄𐤓𐤊𐤁 𐤄𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤀𐤅 𐤊𐤅𐤔 𐤅𐤐𐤅𐤈 𐤕𐤐𐤔𐤉 𐤌𐤂𐤍 𐤅𐤋𐤅𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤕𐤐𐤔𐤉 𐤃𐤓𐤊𐤉 𐤒𐤔𐤕
עֲל֤וּ הַסּוּסִים֙ וְהִתְהֹלְל֣וּ הָרֶ֔כֶב הַגִּבּוֹרִ֑ים וְיֵצְא֖וּ כּ֤וּשׁ וּפוּט֙ תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י מָגֵ֔ן וְלוּדִ֕ים תֹּפְשֵׂ֖י דֹּ֥רְכֵי קָֽשֶׁת׃ ‘ă·lū has·sū·sîm wə·hiṯ·hō·lə·lū hā·re·ḵeḇ hag·gib·bō·w·rîm wə·yê·ṣə·’ū kūš ū·p̄ūṭ tō·p̄ə·śê mā·ḡên wə·lū·ḏîm tō·p̄ə·śê dō·rə·ḵê qā·šeṯ — WLC · 9
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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.
𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤋𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤍𐤒𐤌𐤄 𐤋𐤄𐤍𐤒𐤌 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤅 𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤅𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤄 𐤅𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤄 𐤅𐤓𐤅𐤕𐤄 𐤌𐤃𐤌𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤋𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤆𐤁𐤇 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤍 𐤀𐤋 𐤍𐤄𐤓 𐤐𐤓𐤕
הַה֜וּא וְֽהַיּ֨וֹם לַאדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת י֤וֹם נְקָמָה֙ לְהִנָּקֵ֣ם מִצָּרָ֔יו חֶ֙רֶב֙ וְאָכְלָ֥ה וְשָׂ֣בְעָ֔ה וְרָוְתָ֖ה מִדָּמָ֑ם כִּ֣י לַאדֹנָ֨י יְהוִ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת זֶ֠בַח בְּאֶ֥רֶץ צָפ֖וֹן אֶל־ נְהַר־ פְּרָֽת׃ ha·hū wə·hay·yō·wm la·ḏō·nāy Yah·weh ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ yō·wm nə·qā·māh lə·hin·nā·qêm miṣ·ṣā·rāw ḥe·reḇ wə·’ā·ḵə·lāh wə·śā·ḇə·‘āh wə·rā·wə·ṯāh mid·dā·mām kî la·ḏō·nāy Yah·weh ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ ze·ḇaḥ bə·’e·reṣ ṣā·p̄ō·wn ’el- nə·har- pə·rāṯ — WLC · 10
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Go up to Gilead [for] balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, [but] for you there is no healing.
𐤏𐤋𐤉 𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃 𐤅𐤒𐤇𐤉 𐤑𐤓𐤉 𐤁𐤕𐤅𐤋𐤕 𐤁𐤕 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤔𐤅𐤀 𐤄𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤓𐤐𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤕𐤏𐤋𐤄
עֲלִ֤י גִלְעָד֙ וּקְחִ֣י צֳרִ֔י בְּתוּלַ֖ת בַּת־ מִצְרָ֑יִם לַשָּׁוְא֙ הִרְבֵּיתִי רְפֻא֔וֹת לָֽךְ׃ אֵ֥ין תְּעָלָ֖ה ‘ă·lî ḡil·‘āḏ ū·qə·ḥî ṣo·rî bə·ṯū·laṯ baṯ- miṣ·rā·yim laš·šāw hir·bē·ṯī rə·p̄u·’ō·wṯ lāḵ ’ên tə·‘ā·lāh — WLC · 11
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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.”
𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤅 𐤒𐤋𐤅𐤍𐤊 𐤅𐤑𐤅𐤇𐤕𐤊 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤄 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤊𐤉 𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤓 𐤊𐤔𐤋𐤅 𐤁𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤓 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤄𐤌𐤐 𐤍𐤐𐤋𐤅 𐤉𐤇𐤃𐤉𐤅
גוֹיִם֙ שָׁמְע֤וּ קְלוֹנֵ֔ךְ וְצִוְחָתֵ֖ךְ מָלְאָ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי־ גִבּ֤וֹר כָּשָׁ֔לוּ בְּגִבּוֹר֙ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃פ נָפְל֥וּ יַחְדָּ֖יו ḡō·w·yim šā·mə·‘ū qə·lō·w·nêḵ wə·ṣiw·ḥā·ṯêḵ mā·lə·’āh hā·’ā·reṣ kî- ḡib·bō·wr kā·šā·lū bə·ḡib·bō·wr šə·nê·hem nā·p̄ə·lū yaḥ·dāw — WLC · 12
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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:
𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤄𐤍𐤁𐤉𐤀 𐤋𐤁𐤅𐤀 𐤍𐤁𐤅𐤊𐤃𐤓𐤀𐤑𐤓 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤁𐤋 𐤋𐤄𐤊𐤅𐤕 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌
הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה דִּבֶּ֣ר אֶֽל־ יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ הַנָּבִ֑יא לָב֗וֹא נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל לְהַכּ֖וֹת אֶת־ אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ had·dā·ḇār ’ă·šer Yah·weh dib·ber ’el- yir·mə·yā·hū han·nā·ḇî lā·ḇō·w nə·ḇū·ḵaḏ·reṣ·ṣar me·leḵ bā·ḇel lə·hak·kō·wṯ ’eṯ- ’e·reṣ miṣ·rā·yim — WLC · 13
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“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.’
𐤄𐤂𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤁𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤏𐤅 𐤁𐤌𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋 𐤅𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤏𐤅 𐤁𐤍𐤐 𐤅𐤁𐤕𐤇𐤐𐤍𐤇𐤎 𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤄𐤕𐤉𐤑𐤁 𐤅𐤄𐤊𐤍 𐤋𐤊 𐤊𐤉 𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤄 𐤎𐤁𐤉𐤁𐤉𐤊
הַגִּ֤ידוּ בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ וְהַשְׁמִ֣יעוּ בְמִגְדּ֔וֹל וְהַשְׁמִ֥יעוּ בְנֹ֖ף וּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס אִמְר֗וּ הִתְיַצֵּב֙ וְהָכֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ כִּֽי־ חֶ֖רֶב אָכְלָ֥ה סְבִיבֶֽיךָ׃ hag·gî·ḏū ḇə·miṣ·ra·yim wə·haš·mî·‘ū ḇə·miḡ·dō·wl wə·haš·mî·‘ū ḇə·nōp̄ ū·ḇə·ṯaḥ·pan·ḥês ’im·rū hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ wə·hā·ḵên lāḵ kî- ḥe·reḇ ’ā·ḵə·lāh sə·ḇî·ḇe·ḵā — WLC · 14
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Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.
𐤌𐤃𐤅𐤏 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤉𐤊 𐤍𐤎𐤇𐤐 𐤋𐤀 𐤏𐤌𐤃 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤃𐤐𐤅
מַדּ֖וּעַ אַבִּירֶ֑יךָ נִסְחַ֣ף לֹ֣א עָמַ֔ד כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה הֲדָפֽוֹ׃ mad·dū·a‘ ’ab·bî·re·ḵā nis·ḥap̄ lō ‘ā·maḏ kî Yah·weh hă·ḏā·p̄ōw — WLC · 15
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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.’
𐤄𐤓𐤁𐤄 𐤊𐤅𐤔𐤋 𐤂𐤌 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤍𐤐𐤋 𐤀𐤋 𐤓𐤏𐤄𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤒𐤅𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤍𐤔𐤁𐤄 𐤀𐤋 𐤏𐤌𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤌𐤅𐤋𐤃𐤕𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤍𐤄
הִרְבָּ֖ה כּוֹשֵׁ֑ל גַּם־ אִ֣ישׁ נָפַ֞ל אֶל־ רֵעֵ֗הוּ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ ק֣וּמָה׀ וְנָשֻׁ֣בָה אֶל־ עַמֵּ֗נוּ וְאֶל־ אֶ֙רֶץ֙ מֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַיּוֹנָֽה׃ hir·bāh kō·wō·šêl gam- ’îš nā·p̄al ’el- rê·‘ê·hū way·yō·mə·rū qū·māh wə·nā·šu·ḇāh ’el- ‘am·mê·nū wə·’el- ’e·reṣ mō·w·laḏ·tê·nū mip·pə·nê ḥe·reḇ hay·yō·w·nāh — WLC · 16
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There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’
𐤔𐤌 𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤅 𐤐𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤀𐤅𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤏𐤁𐤉𐤓
שָׁ֑ם קָרְא֖וּ פַּרְעֹ֤ה מֶֽלֶךְ־ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ שָׁא֔וֹן הַמּוֹעֵֽד׃ הֶעֱבִ֖יר šām qā·rə·’ū par·‘ōh me·leḵ- miṣ·ra·yim šā·’ō·wn ham·mō·w·‘êḏ he·‘ĕ·ḇîr — WLC · 17
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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.
𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤇𐤉 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤔𐤌𐤅 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤀 𐤊𐤕𐤁𐤅𐤓 𐤁𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤊𐤊𐤓𐤌𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤌
אָ֙נִי֙ חַי־ נְאֻם־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ שְׁמ֑וֹ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת כִּ֚י יָבֽוֹא׃ כְּתָב֣וֹר בֶּֽהָרִ֔ים וּכְכַרְמֶ֖ל בַּיָּ֥ם ’ā·nî ḥay- nə·’um- ham·me·leḵ šə·mōw Yah·weh ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ kî yā·ḇō·w kə·ṯā·ḇō·wr be·hā·rîm ū·ḵə·ḵar·mel bay·yām — WLC · 18
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Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed vvv and uninhabited.
𐤏𐤔𐤉 𐤊𐤋𐤉 𐤋𐤊 𐤂𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤁𐤕 𐤉𐤅𐤔𐤁𐤕 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤐 𐤕𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤋𐤔𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤍𐤑𐤕𐤄 𐤌𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤉𐤅𐤔𐤁𐤎
עֲשִׂ֣י כְּלֵ֤י לָ֔ךְ גוֹלָה֙ בַּת־ יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת מִצְרָ֑יִם כִּֽי־ נֹף֙ תִֽהְיֶ֔ה לְשַׁמָּ֣ה וְנִצְּתָ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ס ‘ă·śî kə·lê lāḵ ḡō·w·lāh baṯ- yō·wō·še·ḇeṯ miṣ·rā·yim kî- nōp̄ ṯih·yeh lə·šam·māh wə·niṣ·ṣə·ṯāh mê·’ên yō·wō·šêḇ — WLC · 19
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Egypt vvv is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her…
𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤐𐤄 𐤐𐤉𐤄 𐤏𐤂𐤋𐤄 𐤒𐤓𐤑 𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤍 𐤁𐤀 𐤁𐤀
מִצְרָ֑יִם יְפֵֽה־ פִיָּ֖ה עֶגְלָ֥ה קֶ֥רֶץ מִצָּפ֖וֹן בָּ֥א בָֽא׃ miṣ·rā·yim yə·p̄êh- p̄î·yāh ‘eḡ·lāh qe·reṣ miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn bā ḇā — WLC · 20
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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.
𐤂𐤌 𐤔𐤊𐤓𐤉𐤄 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤁𐤄 𐤌𐤓𐤁𐤒 𐤊𐤏𐤂𐤋𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤄 𐤂𐤌 𐤄𐤐𐤍𐤅 𐤉𐤇𐤃𐤉𐤅 𐤍𐤎𐤅 𐤋𐤀 𐤏𐤌𐤃𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤀𐤉𐤃𐤌 𐤁𐤀 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤏𐤕 𐤐𐤒𐤃𐤕𐤌
גַּם־ שְׂכִרֶ֤יהָ בְקִרְבָּהּ֙ מַרְבֵּ֔ק כְּעֶגְלֵ֣י כִּֽי־ הֵ֧מָּה גַם־ הִפְנ֛וּ יַחְדָּ֖יו נָ֥סוּ לֹ֣א עָמָ֑דוּ כִּ֣י י֥וֹם אֵידָ֛ם בָּ֥א עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם עֵ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃ gam- śə·ḵi·re·hā ḇə·qir·bāh mar·bêq kə·‘eḡ·lê kî- hêm·māh ḡam- hip̄·nū yaḥ·dāw nā·sū lō ‘ā·mā·ḏū kî yō·wm ’ê·ḏām bā ‘ă·lê·hem ‘êṯ pə·qud·dā·ṯām — WLC · 21
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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…
𐤒𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤉𐤋𐤊 𐤊𐤍𐤇𐤔 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤋𐤊𐤅 𐤁𐤇𐤉𐤋 𐤅𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤃𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤋𐤄 𐤊𐤇𐤈𐤁𐤉 𐤏𐤑𐤉𐤌
קוֹלָ֖הּ יֵלֵ֑ךְ כַּנָּחָ֣שׁ כִּֽי־ יֵלֵ֔כוּ בְחַ֣יִל וּבְקַרְדֻּמּוֹת֙ בָּ֣אוּ לָ֔הּ כְּחֹטְבֵ֖י עֵצִֽים׃ qō·w·lāh yê·lêḵ kan·nā·ḥāš kî- yê·lê·ḵū ḇə·ḥa·yil ū·ḇə·qar·dum·mō·wṯ bā·’ū lāh kə·ḥō·ṭə·ḇê ‘ê·ṣîm — WLC · 22
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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.
𐤊𐤓𐤕𐤅 𐤉𐤏𐤓𐤄 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤋𐤀 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤇𐤒𐤓 𐤊𐤉 𐤓𐤁𐤅 𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤌𐤎𐤐𐤓
כָּרְת֤וּ יַעְרָהּ֙ נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֔ה לֹ֣א כִּ֖י יֵֽחָקֵ֑ר כִּ֤י רַבּוּ֙ מֵֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין לָהֶ֖ם מִסְפָּֽר׃ kā·rə·ṯū ya‘·rāh nə·’um- Yah·weh lō kî yê·ḥā·qêr kî rab·bū mê·’ar·beh wə·’ên lā·hem mis·pār — WLC · 23
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The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”
𐤁𐤕 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤄 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤏𐤌 𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤍
בַּת־ מִצְרָ֑יִם הֹבִ֖ישָׁה נִתְּנָ֖ה בְּיַ֥ד עַם־ צָפֽוֹן׃ baṯ- miṣ·rā·yim hō·ḇî·šāh nit·tə·nāh bə·yaḏ ‘am- ṣā·p̄ō·wn — WLC · 24
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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
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤍𐤍𐤉 𐤐𐤅𐤒𐤃 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤌𐤍𐤀 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤐𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤁𐤈𐤇𐤉𐤌 𐤐𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤁𐤅
יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָמַר֩ הִנְנִ֤י פוֹקֵד֙ אֶל־ אָמ֣וֹן מִנֹּ֔א וְעַל־ פַּרְעֹה֙ וְעַל־ מִצְרַ֔יִם וְעַל־ אֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ וְעַל־ מְלָכֶ֑יהָ וְעַ֨ל־ וְעַ֥ל הַבֹּטְחִ֖ים פַּרְעֹ֔ה בּֽוֹ׃ Yah·weh ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ ’ĕ·lō·hê yiś·rā·’êl ’ā·mar hin·nî p̄ō·w·qêḏ ’el- ’ā·mō·wn min·nō wə·‘al- par·‘ōh wə·‘al- miṣ·ra·yim wə·‘al- ’ĕ·lō·he·hā wə·‘al- mə·lā·ḵe·hā wə·‘al- wə·‘al hab·bō·ṭə·ḥîm par·‘ōh bōw — WLC · 25
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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.
𐤅𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤌𐤁𐤒𐤔𐤉 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤌 𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤍𐤁𐤅𐤊𐤃𐤓𐤀𐤑𐤓 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤁𐤋 𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤊𐤍 𐤕𐤔𐤊𐤍 𐤊𐤉𐤌𐤉 𐤒𐤃𐤌 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄𐤎
וּנְתַתִּ֗ים בְּיַד֙ מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י נַפְשָׁ֔ם וּבְיַ֛ד נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־ בָּבֶ֖ל וּבְיַד־ עֲבָדָ֑יו וְאַחֲרֵי־ כֵ֛ן תִּשְׁכֹּ֥ן כִּֽימֵי־ קֶ֖דֶם נְאֻם־ יְהוָֽה׃ס ū·nə·ṯat·tîm bə·yaḏ mə·ḇaq·šê nap̄·šām ū·ḇə·yaḏ nə·ḇū·ḵaḏ·reṣ·ṣar me·leḵ- bā·ḇel ū·ḇə·yaḏ- ‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw wə·’a·ḥă·rê- ḵên tiš·kōn kî·mê- qe·ḏem nə·’um- Yah·weh — WLC · 26
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But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For vvv 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.
𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤉𐤏𐤒𐤁 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤉𐤓𐤀 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤇𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤍𐤍𐤉 𐤌𐤅𐤔𐤏𐤊 𐤌𐤓𐤇𐤅𐤒 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤆𐤓𐤏𐤊 𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤏𐤒𐤅𐤁 𐤅𐤔𐤁 𐤅𐤔𐤒𐤈 𐤅𐤔𐤀𐤍𐤍 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤌𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤃𐤎
וְ֠אַתָּה יַֽעֲקֹב֙ עַבְדִּ֤י אַל־ תִּירָ֞א וְאַל־ תֵּחַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֠י הִנְנִ֤י מוֹשִֽׁעֲךָ֙ מֵֽרָח֔וֹק וְאֶֽת־ זַרְעֲךָ֖ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ שִׁבְיָ֑ם יַעֲק֛וֹב וְשָׁ֧ב וְשָׁקַ֥ט וְשַׁאֲנַ֖ן וְאֵ֥ין מַחֲרִֽיד׃ס wə·’at·tāh ya·‘ă·qōḇ ‘aḇ·dî ’al- tî·rā wə·’al- tê·ḥaṯ yiś·rā·’êl kî hin·nî mō·wō·ši·‘ă·ḵā mê·rā·ḥō·wq wə·’eṯ- zar·‘ă·ḵā mê·’e·reṣ šiḇ·yām ya·‘ă·qō·wḇ wə·šāḇ wə·šā·qaṭ wə·ša·’ă·nan wə·’ên ma·ḥă·rîḏ — WLC · 27
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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…”
𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉 𐤉𐤏𐤒𐤁 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤉𐤓𐤀 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤕𐤊 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤊𐤋𐤄 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤃𐤇𐤕𐤉𐤊 𐤔𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤊 𐤋𐤀 𐤀𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤊𐤋𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤎𐤓𐤕𐤉𐤊 𐤋𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤈 𐤋𐤀 𐤅𐤍𐤒𐤄 𐤀𐤍𐤒𐤊𐤎
אַ֠תָּה עַבְדִּ֤י יַֽעֲקֹב֙ אַל־ תִּירָ֞א נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י אָ֑נִי אִתְּךָ֖ כִּי֩ אֶעֱשֶׂ֨ה כָלָ֜ה בְּכָֽל־ הַגּוֹיִ֣ם׀ אֲשֶׁ֧ר הִדַּחְתִּ֣יךָ שָׁ֗מָּה וְאֹֽתְךָ֙ לֹא־ אֶעֱשֶׂ֣ה כָלָ֔ה וְיִסַּרְתִּ֙יךָ֙ לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹ֥א וְנַקֵּ֖ה אֲנַקֶּֽךָּ׃ס ’at·tāh ‘aḇ·dî ya·‘ă·qōḇ ’al- tî·rā nə·’um- Yah·weh kî ’ā·nî ’it·tə·ḵā kî ’e·‘ĕ·śeh ḵā·lāh bə·ḵāl hag·gō·w·yim ’ă·šer hid·daḥ·tî·ḵā šām·māh wə·’ō·ṯə·ḵā lō- ’e·‘ĕ·śeh ḵā·lāh wə·yis·sar·tî·ḵā lam·miš·pāṭ lō wə·naq·qêh ’ă·naq·qe·kā — WLC · 28