Jeremiah 46:23-25

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²³This is what the Lord says:
    “They will chop down Egypt’s forest.
There are many trees in that forest,
    but they will all be cut down.
There are more enemy soldiers than locusts.
    There are so many soldiers that no one can count them.
²⁴Egypt will be ashamed.
    The enemy from the north will defeat her.”

²⁵The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says, “Very soon I will punish Amon,^[a] the god of Thebes, and I will punish Pharaoh, Egypt, and her gods. I will punish the kings of Egypt, and I will punish the people who depend on Pharaoh.

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Jeremiah 46:25 Amon For many centuries Amon was the most important god of Egypt. At the time of this prophecy, he was not worshiped as much in northern Egypt. But he was still the most important god in southern Egypt, especially around the old Egyptian capital city of Thebes.