1. The word of Adonai that came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the nations.
2. For Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah.
3. “Arrange breastplate and shield! Advance to battle!
4. Harness the horses and mount, O horsemen! Take your position, with helmets! Polish the spears! Put on armor!
5. Why have I seen them? They are shattered, retreating, their warriors beaten, fleeing for cover, no turning back, terror on every side!” It is a declaration of Adonai.
6. “The swift cannot flee, nor the warrior escape. In the north by the river Euphrates They stumbled and fell.
7. Who is this, rising like the Nile, like the rivers whose waters churn?
8. Egypt rises like the Nile, like the rivers whose waters churn. He says: ‘I will rise up, I will cover the earth, I will destroy the city and its inhabitants!’
9. Prance, you horses, and rush madly, you chariots. Let the warriors go out— Cush and Put grasping the shield, Lydians grasping and bending the bow!
10. For that day belongs to my Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot, as a day of vengeance, to avenge Himself against His foes. The sword will devour and be satisfied and will drink its fill of their blood. For it will be a sacrifice for my Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot, in the northern land by the river Euphrates.