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Jeremiah 46:23 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" They will cut down her forest,” says the LORD, “though it can’t be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable. "
Jeremiah 46:23
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21 Also her hired men in the middle of her are like calves of the stall, for they also are turned back. They have fled away together. They didn’t stand, for the day of their calamity has come on them, the time of their visitation.
22 Its sound will go like the serpent, for they will march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.
23 They will cut down her forest,” says the LORD, “though it can’t be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
24 The daughter of Egypt will be disappointed; she will be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.”
25 The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods and her kings, even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him.
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Jeremiah 46:1
"The LORD’s word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations."
Jeremiah 46:2
"Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah."
Jeremiah 46:3
"“Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!"
Jeremiah 46:4
"Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand up with your helmets. Polish the spears, put on the coats of mail."
Jeremiah 46:5
"Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and are turned backward. Their mighty ones are beaten down, have fled in haste, and don’t look back. Terror is on every side,” says the LORD."
Jeremiah 46:6
"“Don’t let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. In the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen."
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