Jeremiah 46:20-26

²⁰Egypt is a beautiful heifer,

but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.

²¹Even the mercenaries among her

are like fattened calves.

They too will turn back;

together they will flee, they will not stand their ground,

for the day of calamity is coming upon them —

the time of their punishment.

²²Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent,

for the enemy will advance in force;

with axes they will come against her

like woodsmen cutting down trees.

²³They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD,

dense though it may be,

for they are more numerous than locusts;

they cannot be counted.

²⁴The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame;

she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”

²⁵The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.

²⁶I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives — of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.

— Jeremiah 46:20-26

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Cross References for Jeremiah 46:20-26

• Judges 7:12
• Ezekiel 32:11
• Jeremiah 44:30
• Jeremiah 47:2
• Jeremiah 1:15
• Jeremiah 50:11
• Jeremiah 46:5
• Hosea 10:11
• 2 Kings 7:6
• Judges 6:5

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