Jeremiah 46:15-17

The Voice

¹⁵     Why are your mighty warriors lying face down?
        They do not stand, indeed cannot stand,
    Because I, the Eternal One, have pushed them to the ground.
¹⁶     These soldiers will stumble again and again—falling over each other.
        They will say to each other, “Pick yourself up! Let us go home
    To our own land and people;
        let us escape the edge of our enemy’s sword.”
¹⁷     It is there, in that moment, that they will cry out,
        “Pharaoh, king of Egypt, makes a lot of noise, but he missed his chance.”