17 (A)Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, (B)when mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives.

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17 Pharaoh(A) with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps(B) are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives.(C)

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(A)Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast.

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Those who trusted(A) in Cush(B) and boasted in Egypt(C) will be dismayed and put to shame.(D)

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(A)Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
    and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.

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But Pharaoh’s protection will be to your shame,
    Egypt’s shade(A) will bring you disgrace.(B)

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everyone comes to shame
    through (A)a people that cannot profit them,
that brings neither help nor profit,
    but shame and disgrace.”

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everyone will be put to shame
    because of a people(A) useless(B) to them,
who bring neither help(C) nor advantage,
    but only shame and disgrace.(D)

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36 (A)How much you go about,
    changing your way!
You shall be (B)put to shame by Egypt
    as you were put to shame by Assyria.

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36 Why do you go about so much,
    changing(A) your ways?
You will be disappointed by Egypt(B)
    as you were by Assyria.

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(A)The army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt. And when (B)the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news about them, (C)they withdrew from Jerusalem.

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Pharaoh’s army had marched out of Egypt,(A) and when the Babylonians[a] who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew(B) from Jerusalem.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 37:5 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 8, 9, 13 and 14

“Thus says the Lord, God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who (A)sent you to me to inquire of me, ‘Behold, (B)Pharaoh's army that came to help you is about to (C)return to Egypt, to its own land.

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“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire(A) of me, ‘Pharaoh’s army, which has marched(B) out to support you, will go back to its own land, to Egypt.(C)

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