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18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come. 19 [a]O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, [b]furnish thyself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant. 20 Egypt is a very fair heifer; but [c]destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:19 Or, O thou that dwellest with the daughter of Egypt
  2. Jeremiah 46:19 Hebrew make thee vessels of captivity.
  3. Jeremiah 46:20 Or, the gadfly

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

20 “Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
    but a gadfly is coming
    against her from the north.(G)

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