Jeremiah 46:6-8

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁶The swift cannot flee away,
nor can the warrior escape;
in the north by the river Euphrates
they have stumbled and fallen.

⁷Who is this, rising like the Nile,
    like rivers whose waters surge?
⁸Egypt rises like the Nile,
    like rivers whose waters surge.
It said, Let me rise, let me cover the earth,
    let me destroy cities and their inhabitants.

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