1This is the word of the LORD about…
2concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco…
3“Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for…
4Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your…
5Why am I seeing this? They are terrified,…
6“The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot…
7Who is this, rising like the Nile, like…
8Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters…
9Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let…
10For that day belongs to the Lord GOD…
11Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin…
12The nations have heard of your shame, and…
13This is the word that the LORD spoke…
14“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in…
15Why have your warriors been laid low? They…
16They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen…
17There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of…
18As surely as I live, declares the King,…
19Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling…
20Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly…
21Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened…
22Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for…
23They will chop down her forest, declares the…
24The Daughter of Egypt will be put to…
25The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel,…
26I will deliver them into the hands of…
27But you, O Jacob My servant, do not…
28And you, My servant Jacob, do not be…
