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15 Why has your mighty god Apis fallen?
    The Lord has struck him down!’
16 Your soldiers have stumbled and fallen;[a]
    each one says to the other,
‘Hurry! Let's go home to our people
    and escape the enemy's sword!’

17 “Give the king of Egypt a new name—
    ‘Noisy Braggart Who Missed His Chance.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:16 Probable text Your soldiers … fallen; Hebrew unclear.

15 Why will your warriors be laid low?
    They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.(A)
16 They will stumble(B) repeatedly;
    they will fall(C) over each other.
They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back
    to our own people(D) and our native lands,
    away from the sword of the oppressor.’(E)
17 There they will exclaim,
    ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;(F)
    he has missed his opportunity.(G)

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