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Jeremiah 46:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed. "

Jeremiah 46:17

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15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.

16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell 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.

17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.

18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.

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From This Chapter

Jeremiah 46:1

"The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;"

Jeremiah 46:2

"Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho 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."

Jeremiah 46:3

"Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle."

Jeremiah 46:4

"Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines."

Jeremiah 46:5

"Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD."

Jeremiah 46:6

"Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates."

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