14

Declare ye in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol, Proclaim ye also in Noph and Tahpanhes!

Say ye; "Stand fast and prepare thyself,

"For the sword shall devour round about thee!"

15 Wherefore are thy mighty ones overthrown?

They stood not, because Jehovah cast them down. 16 He caused many to fall; one fell upon another;

And they said, "Arise, and let us go to our own people, "And to the land of our nativity, from the overpowering sword."

17 There they cry, " Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is undone ! "He hath let pass the appointed time."

18 As I live, saith the king,

Whose name is Jehovah of hosts,

Like Tabor among the mountains,
And like Carmel by the sea, he cometh!
Prepare thyself travelling equipage,

19 Thou, who dwellest in Egypt!

20

For Noph shall become waste,

Yea, desolate without an inhabitant.

Egypt is a fair heifer,

But destruction cometh; it cometh from the North.

21 Her mercenaries also in the midst of her are like fatted

bullocks;

Yet they also turn back; they flee together; they

stand not;

For the day of their calamity is come upon them,
And the time of their punishment.

22 Her voice shall be heard like that of a serpent,
When they shall march against her with their forces,
And come against her with axes, like fellers of trees.
23 They shall cut down her forest, though it be impene-
trable ;

For they exceed the locusts in multitude,
And are innumerable.

24 The daughter of Egypt is brought to shame;

She is given into the hand of the people of the North. 25 Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saith;

Behold, I will punish Ammon of No,

And Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods and their kings;

Even Pharaoh, and all that trust in him.

26 And I will deliver them into the hands of those that

seek their lives,

And into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Baby

lon,

And into the hand of his servants.

But after this it shall be inhabited,

As in the days of old, saith Jehovah.

27

But fear thou not, O my servant Jacob,

And be not thou dismayed, O Israel!

For, behold, I will bring thee safe from afar,

And thy posterity from the land of their captivity;

And Jacob shall return and be at rest,

Yea, he shall be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. 28 Fear thou not, O Jacob, my servant, saith Jehovah,

For I will be with thee;

When I shall make a full end of all the nations,

Whither I have dispersed thee,

Yet will I not make a full end of thee;

I will correct thee in measure;

Yet must I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

III.

The destruction of the Philistines by the Chaldeans. - CH. XLVII.

1 THE word of Jehovah, which came to Jeremiah, the prophet, concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh had smitten Gaza.

2 Thus saith Jehovah ;

Behold, waters rise up out of the North,

And they shall become an overflowing torrent,
And shall overflow the land, and all that is therein;
The city, and them that dwell therein;

And the men shall cry aloud,

And all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

3 At the noise of the stamping of the horses; At the rattling of his chariots,

And at the rumbling of his wheels,

Fathers look not back for their children,

For feebleness of hands,

4 Because of the day which cometh,

To lay waste all the Philistines,

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

For Jehovah will lay waste the Philistines,
The remnant of the country of Caphtor.
5 Baldness is come upon Gaza,

Askelon is in ruins,

And the remnant of their valley !
How long wilt thou cut thyself?

6 Ah! sword of Jehovah,
How long ere thou wilt be quiet?

Retire into thy scabbard,

Rest and be still!

↑ But how canst thou be at rest,

Since Jehovah hath given thee a charge against Aske- .

lon,

And against the coast of the sea?

There hath he appointed it.

IV.

The destruction of Moab. - CH. XLVIII.

I CONCERNING Moab.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel;
Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste !
Kiriathaim is confounded, is taken.
Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
2 Moab shall no more glory in Heshbon;
They have devised evil against her;

"Come, [say they,] and let us cut her off from being

a nation!"

Thou also shalt be cut down, O Madmena,

The sword shall pursue thee!

A cry is heard from Horonaim, Desolation and great destruction. 4 Moab is destroyed;

Her little ones raise a cry.

5 At the ascent of Luhith,

Weeping goeth up after weeping;

At the descent of Horonaim is heard a bitter cry of

despair.

6 Flee ye! save your lives!

Be ye like one that has been stripped in the wilderness! 7 For, because thou hast trusted in thy substance and thy

treasures,

Thou also shalt be taken;

And Chemosh shall go into captivity,

His priests and his princes together.

8 The spoiler shall come upon every city; And no city shall escape.

The valley shall perish,

And the plain shall be destroyed,

As Jehovah hath spoken.

9 Give wings to Moab,

That she may flee away;

For her cities shall be a desolation,

With none to dwell therein.

10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah deceit

fully,

And cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood!

11. Moab hath been at ease from his youth,

And he hath settled on his lees,

And hath not been drawn off from vessel to vessel,
Neither hath he gone into captivity;

12 Therefore his taste hath remained in him,

And his flavor hath not changed.

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah,
That I will send to him tilters, who shall tilt him up,
And shall empty his vessels, and break his pitchers in
pieces.

13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh,

As the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.