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17 There they’ll cry out,
‘Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is just a big noise.
    He has let the appointed time pass by.’[a]
18 As certainly as I’m alive and living,” declares the King,
    whose name is the Lord of the Heavenly Armies,
“Indeed, one will come like Tabor among the mountains
    and like Carmel by the sea.
19 Prepare your baggage for exile,
    daughter living in Egypt,
for Memphis will become a desolate place.
    It will become a ruin without inhabitant.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:17 I.e. he has missed the opportunity

17 There they will exclaim,
    ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;(A)
    he has missed his opportunity.(B)

18 “As surely as I live,” declares the King,(C)
    whose name is the Lord Almighty,
“one will come who is like Tabor(D) among the mountains,
    like Carmel(E) by the sea.
19 Pack your belongings for exile,(F)
    you who live in Egypt,
for Memphis(G) will be laid waste(H)
    and lie in ruins without inhabitant.

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