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Jeremiah 46
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1And it came to pass in the ninth month of Sedekias king of Juda, [that] Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
1The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;
2And in the eleventh year of Sedekiass, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was broken [up].
2Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh–necho 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.
3And all the leaders of the king of Babylon went in, and sat in the middle gate, Marganasar, and Samagoth, and Nabusachar, and Nabusaris, Nagargas, Naserrabamath, and the rest of the leaders of the king of Babylon,
3Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
14and they sent, and took Jeremias out of the court of the prison, and gave him [in charge] to Godolias the son of Achicam, the son of Saphan: and they brought him out, and he sat in the midst of the people.
14Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
15And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias in the court of the prison, saying,
15Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the Lord did drive them.
16Go and say to Abdemelech the Ethiopian, Thus said the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I [will] bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good.
16He 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.
17But I will save you in that day, and I will by no means deliver you into the hands of the men before whom you are afraid.
17They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
18For I will surely save you, and you shall by no means fall by the sword; and you shall find your life, because you did trust in me, says the Lord .
18As 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.