11 Go up to Gilead, and take balm,
O virgin daughter of Egypt;

In vain hast thou multiplied medicines,
There is no cure for thee.

12 The nations have heard of thy disgrace,
And thine outcry hath filled the earth:

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For they have stumbled, the mighty against the mighty,

They are both of them fallen together.

THE WORD WHICH JEHOVAH SPAKE TO JEREMIAH THE PROPHET CONCERNING THE COMING OF NEBUCHADREZZAR KING of Babylon TO SMITE THE land of E

GYPT.

DECLARE ye in Egypt, and publish ye in
Midgol,

Publish ye also in Noph, and in Tahpanhes say ye;
Stand firm, and prepare thyself,

For the sword hath devoured those that are
round about thee.

15 Wherefore is thy mighty one overthrown?

He stood not, because JEHOVAH pushed him down. 16 He hath caused many to stumble, yea, to fall; They said therefore one to another,

Arise, and let us return to our people,

And to our native country, because of the oppressor's sword.

17 They cried there, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, A tumult hath frustrated the appointed meeting. 18 As I live, saith the king,

Whose name is JEHOVAH of hosts,

Surely like Tabor among the mountains, And like Carmel by the sea, shall one come. 19 Get ready thy equipage for removing,

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O inhabiting daughter of Egypt;

For Noph shall become a desolation,

It shall also be destroyed, so as to have no inhabitant.

20 Egypt is a heifer of a beautiful countenance, A breeze from the north is coming against her. Her mercenaries also in the midst of her are like bullocks of the stall;

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Yet even these have turned their backs,
They are fled together, they made no stand
Because the day of their destruction was come,
The time of their visitation was upon them.
Her voice shall proceed like that of an enchanter,
When they shall advance with force and with

axes;

Come ye against her, like fellers of trees, 23 Cut down her forest, saith JEHOVAH, That it may not be found on searching; Although they surpass the locusts in multitude, And they are without number.

24 The daughter of Egypt is confounded;

She is given into the hand of the people of the north.

25 JEHOVAH of hosts, the God of Israel, hath said;

Behold, I will visit upon Ammon of No,

And upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt,

And upon her gods, and upon
Even upon Pharaoh, and upon

upon him.

her kings;

those that depend

26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those

that seek their life,

Even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon,

And into the hand of his servants :

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But after this shall it be inhabited,
As in days of old, saith JEHOVAH.

But fear thou not, O my servant Jacob,
Neither be thou dismayed, O Israel;

For, behold, I will bring thee safe from afar,
And thy seed from the land of their captivity;
And Jacob shall again be at rest,

He shall also be secure, and there shall be none
to make him afraid.

28 Fear thou not, O my servant Jacob,

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Saith JEHOVAH, for I will be with thee;
When I shall make a full end of all the nations,
Whither I have driven thee,

Yet of thee will I not make a full end;
But I will correct thee with moderation,
And will not make thee altogether desolate.

CHAP. XLVII.

THE WORD OF JEHOVAH WHICH CAME TO Jeremiah THE PROPHET CONCERNING THE PHILISTINES, BEFORE THAT PHARAOH SMOTE GAZA.

THUS saith JEHOVAH,

Behold, waters are coming up out of the north,
And they shall become an overflowing torrent,
And shall overflow the land, and all that is there-
in;

The city, and those that dwell in it;

And the men shall cry aloud,

And every inhabitant of the land shall wail.

3 At the noise of the galloping of the hoofs of his steeds,

At the rattling of the multitude of his wheels,

as he drove along,

Fathers turned not to look after children,"

For slackness of hands.

4 Because of the day that is coming
To lay waste all the Philistines,

To cut off from Tyre and from Sidon
Every helper that remaineth

(For JEHOVAH will lay the Philistines waste,
The remnant of the country of Caphtor)
5 Baldness is come unto Gaza;

Ashkelon is put to silence.

O thou remnant of their valley, How long wilt thou slash thyself? 6 Ho! sword of JEHOVAH !

How long wilt thou not be at rest?
Retire into thy scabbard,

Return, and be still.

7 How can it be at rest,

Since JEHOVAH hath given it a charge?
Against Ashkelon, and against the sea coast,
There hath he appointed it,

CHAP. XLVIII.

CONCERNING MOAB.

THUS saith JEHOVAH of hosts, the God of Is

rael;

Wo unto Nebo! for it is spoiled;

Kirjathaim is confounded, is taken;

It is confounded, the high fortress, and broken down.

2 Moab shall have no more glorying in Heshbon ; They have devised evil against her, [saying]

Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation:
Thou also, O Madmen, shall be put to silence;
A sword shall follow after thee.

3 A cry is heard from Horonaim, Desolation and great destruction.

4 Moab is destroyed;

Her diminished ones have caused a cry to be heard.

5 Surely at the ascent of Luhith

Weeping shall go up after weeping;

Surely at the descent of Horonaim

Mine enemies have heard a cry of destruction. 6 Flee ye, save your lives,

And be like a blasted tree in the wilderness. 7 For because thou hast trusted in thy acquisitions, Therefore with thy treasures shalt thou thyself

also be taken;

And Chemosh shall go into captivity,

His priests and his princes together.

8 A spoiler also shall come unto every city, And there shall not a city escape;

And the valley shall perish, and the plain shall

be destroyed,

According as JEHOVAH hath spoken.

9 Give wings unto Moab,..

That she may fly quite away;

And let her cities become a desolation,

That there be no inhabitant in them.

10 Cursed is he that executeth the work of JEнOVAH deceitfully;

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And cursed is he that keepeth back his sword

from blood.

Moab hath been at ease from his youth,

And he hath settled upon his lees,

And hath not been drawn off from vessel to vessel,

Neither hath he gone into exile :

Therefore hath his taste remained in him,