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Why do I see them terrified,
    retreating in haste?
Their soldiers are crushed,
    running for cover,
    and they don’t turn back.
Panic lurks at every turn,
        declares the Lord.
The swift can’t flee;
    the mighty can’t escape.
Up north by the Euphrates River,
    they stagger and fall.

Who is this that rises like the Nile,
    whose banks overflow?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:7 Or like rivers whose waters roar

What do I see?
    They are terrified,
they are retreating,
    their warriors are defeated.
They flee(A) in haste
    without looking back,
    and there is terror(B) on every side,”
declares the Lord.
“The swift cannot flee(C)
    nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates(D)
    they stumble and fall.(E)

“Who is this that rises like the Nile,
    like rivers of surging waters?(F)

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