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Jeremiah 46

1 He prophecieth the deſtruction of Egypt. 27 Deliuerance is promiſed to Iſraél.
1.THe wordes of the Lord, which came to Ieremiáh the Prophet againſt the Gentiles,
2.As againſt Egypt, againſt the armie of Pharaóh Nechó King of Egypt, which was by the riuer Peráth in Carchemiſh, which Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél ſmote in the fourth yere of Iehoiakím the ſonne of Ioſiáh King of Iudáh.
3.Make readie buckeler and ſhield, and go fourth to battel.
4.Make readie the horſes, and let the horſemen get vp, & ſtand vp wt your ſallets, fourbiſh the ſpeares, and put on the brigandines.
5.Wherefore haue I ſene them afraide, & driuen backe? for their mightie men are ſmitten, and are fled away, and loke not backe: for feare was round about, ſaith the Lord.
6.The ſwift ſhal not flee away, nor the ſtrong man eſcape: they ſhal ſtomble, and fall towarde the Northe by the riuer Peráth.
7.Who is this, that cometh vp, as a flood, whoſe waters are moued like the riuers?
8.Egypt riſeth vp like the flood, and his waters are moued like the riuers, and he ſaith, I wil go vp, & wil couer the earth: I wil deſtroye the citie with them that dwell therein.
9.Come vp, ye horſes, and rage ye charets, and let the valiant men come forthe, the blacke Mores, and the Lybians that beare the ſhield, and the Lydians that handle & bend the bowe.
10.For this is the day of the Lord God of hoſtes, a day of vengeance, that he may aué̄ge him of his enemies: for the ſworde ſhal deuoure, and it ſhalbe ſaciat, and made drunke with their blood: for the Lord God of hoſtes hathe a ſacrifice in the North countrey iby the riuer Peráth.
11.Go vp vnto Gileád, and take balme, ô virgine, the daughter of Egypt: in vaine ſhalt thou vſe many medicines: for thou ſhalt haue no health.
12.The nations haue heard of thy ſhame, & thy crye hathe filled the land: for ye ſtrong hathe ſtombled againſt the ſtrong & they are fallen bothe together.
13.¶The worde that the Lord ſpake to Ieremiáh the Prophet, how Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél ſhulde come and ſmite the land of Egypt.
14.Publiſh in Egypt & declare in Migdól, and proclaime in Noph, & in Tahpanhés, & ſay, Stand ſtil, and prepare thee: for the ſworde ſhal deuoure rounde about thee.
15.Why are thy valiant men put backe? thei colde not ſtand, becauſe the Lord did driue them.
16.He made many to fall, and one fel vpon another: and they ſaid, Ariſe, let vs go againe to our owne people, & to the land of our natiuitie from the ſworde of the violent.
17.They did crye there, Pharaóh King of Egypt, and of a great multitude hathe paſſed the time appointed.
18.As I liue, ſaith the King, whoſe Name is the Lord of hoſtes, ſurely as Tabór is in the mountaines, & as Carmél is in the ſea: ſo ſhal it come.
19.O thou daughter dwellĩg in Egypt make thee geare to go into captiuitie: for Noph ſhalbe waſte and deſolate, without an inhabitant.
20.Egypt is like a faire calfe, but deſtruction cometh: out of the North it cometh.
21.Alſo her hired men are in the middes of her like fat calues: thei are alſo turned backe and fled away together: they colde not ſtand, becauſe the day of their deſtruction was come vpon them, & the time of their viſitacion.
22.The voyce thereof ſhal go forthe like a ſerpent: for they ſhal marche with an armie, and come againſt her with axes, as hewers of wood.
23.They ſhal cut downe her foreſt, ſaith ye Lord: for they can not be counted, becauſe they are more then the greſhoppers, and are innumerable.
24.The daughter of Egypt ſhalbe confounded: ſhe ſhalbe deliuered into the hands of the people of the North.
25.¶Thus ſaith the Lord of hoſtes, ye God of Iſraél, Beholde, I wil viſite the cõmune people of No & Pharaóh, and Egypt, with their gods & their Kings, euen Pharaóh, and all them that truſt in him,
26.And I wil deliuer them into the hands of thoſe, that ſeke their liues, and into the hãd of Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél, and into the hands of his ſeruantes, and afterward ſhe ſhal dwell as in the olde time, ſaith the Lord.
27.But feare not yu, ô my ſeruant Iaakób, & be not thou afraied, ô Iſraél: for beholde, I wil deliuer thee from a farre countrey, & thy ſede from the land of their captiuitie, and Iaakób ſhal returne and be in reſt, and proſperitie, & none ſhal make him afraid.
28.Feare thou not, ô Iaakób my ſeruãt, ſaith the Lord: for I am with thee, and I wil vtterly deſtroy all the natiõs, whether I haue driuen thee: but I wil not vtterly deſtroy thee, but correct thee by iudgement, and not vtterly cut thee of.

Notes

1:a.
That is, nine nations, wc are rounde about the land of Egypt.
2:*.
Read 2 Kin. 23.29. & 24.7. & 2 chro. 35.20.
3:c.
He warneth the Egyptians to prepare thēſelues to warre.
5:d.
The Prophet had this viſion of the Egyptians wc ſhulde be put to flight by the Babylonians at Carchemiſh.
6:e.
The Babylonians ſhal diſcomfit them at the riuer Euphrates.
7:f.
He derideth ye boaſtings of the Egyptians who thoght by their riches, & power to haue ouercome all the worlde, alluding to the riuer Nilus, wc at certeine times ouerfloweth the countrey of Egypt.
9:g.
For theſe nations toke parte with the Egyptians.
10:h.
He calleth the ſlaughter of Gods enemies a ſacrifice, becauſe it is a thing that doeth pleaſe him, Iſa. 34.6.
11:k.
For at Gileád did grow moſte ſoueraigne balme for woundes
11:l.
So called becauſe Egypt had not yet bene ouercome by the enemie.
11:m.
He ſheweth that no ſalue or medicine can preuaile where as God giueth the wounde.
16:n.
As they that ſhulde repent yt they helped the Egyptiãs.
17:o.
He derideth them wc ſhal impute their ouerthrowe to lacke of counſel & policie, or to fortune: and not obſeruing of time, not conſiderĩg that it is Gods iuſt iudgement.
18:p.
To wit, that the Egyptians ſhalbe deſtroyed.
20:q.
They haue abundance of all things, and therefore are diſobedient & proude.
21:r.
As verſ. 9.
22:s.
They ſhalbe ſcarſe able to ſpeake for feare of the Caldeans.
22:t.
Meaning, Egypt.
23:u.
That is, they ſhal ſlay the great & mightie men of power.
23:x.
To wit, Nebuchad-nezzars armie.
25:y.
Some take the Ebrewe worde Amón for the Kings name of No, that is of Alexandria.
26:z.
Meanĩg, that after ye ſpace of fourty yeres Egypt ſhulde be reſtored Iſa. 19,23. ezek 29,13.
27:a.
God comforteth all his yt were in captiuitie, but ſpecially ye ſmale Church of the Iewes, whereof were Ieremiáh and Barúch, which remained amõg the Egyptiãs: for the Lord neuer forſaketh his, Iſa. 44,1 chap 30, 10.
28:b.
Read Chap. 10,24.