Jeremiah 46:8-10

The Voice

⁸     It is Egypt that rises like the river Nile,
        her pride like a swollen, flooding river.
    Pharaoh blusters, “I will rise and cover the earth, like a river.
        I will destroy the cities and their people who dare to stand in my way.”
⁹     Charge, O horses; go up into the fray! Let your chariots madly rush in!
        March, mighty warriors, summoned to war.
    Soldiers of Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields,
        archers of Ludim who bend the bow, march to your defeat!
¹⁰     For this day belongs to the Eternal Lord, Commander of heavenly armies;
        it is a day of vengeance, a day to pay back His enemies.
    The sword will devour them until it is satisfied,
        until its thirst for their blood has been quenched.
    For the Eternal Lord, Commander of heavenly armies,
        will offer them as a sacrifice beside the river Euphrates in the land of the north.