1D’var יהוה , which came to Yirme-Yahu HaNavi concerning the nations. 2“Of Mitzrayim, concerning the army of Paroh Nekho king of Mitzrayim, which was by the river Perat in Karkemish, which Nevukhadretzar king of Bavel smote in the fourth year of Y’hoyakim Ben Yoshi-Yahu, Melekh Yehudah. 3Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. 4Harness the horses, and mount, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail. 5Why do I see them dismayed and turned backward, and their mighty ones are beaten down, and they are fled apace, and do not look back? Terror is on every side, says יהוה . The6 swift cannot flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Perat have they stumbled and fallen. 7Who is this like the Nile that rises up, like the rivers whose waters toss themselves? 8Mitzrayim is like the Nile that rises up, and like the rivers whose waters toss themselves; and he says, ‘I will rise up, I will cover the earth, I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof’. 9Prance, you horses, and rush madly, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Kush and Put, that handle the shield, and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow. 10For Adonai יהוה Tzeva’ot shall have on that day a day of vengeance, that He may avenge Him of His adversaries; and the sword shall devour and be satiated, and shall be made drunk with their blood; for Adonai יהוה Tzeva’ot has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Perat. 11Go up into Gilad, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Mitzrayim; in vain do you use many medicines; there is no cure for you. 12The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.”
Bo 13HaDavar that יהוה spoke to Yirme-Yahu HaNavi, how that Nevukhadretzar king of Bavel should come and smite the land of Mitzrayim. 14“Declare in Mitzrayim, and announce in Migdol, and announce in Nof and in Takh’pankhes; say, ‘Stand forth, and prepare, for the sword has devoured round about you’. 15Why is your strong one overthrown? He stood not, because יהוה did thrust him down. 16He made many to stumble; yes, they fell one upon another, and said, ‘Arise, and let us return to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword’. 17They cried there, ‘Paroh king of Mitzrayim is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by’. 18As I live, says HaMelekh, whose Name is יהוה Tzeva’ot, surely like Tavor among the mountains, and like Karmel by the sea, so shall he come. 19O you daughter that dwells in Mitzrayim, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Nof shall become a desolation, and shall be laid waste, without inhabitant. 20Mitzrayim is a very fair heifer; but the gadfly out of the north is come, it is come. 21Also her mercenaries in the midst of her are like calves of the stall, for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand; for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation. 22The sound thereof shall go like the serpent’s; for they march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. 23They cut down her forest, says יהוה , though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable. 24The daughter of Mitzrayim is put to shame; she is delivered into the hand of the people of the north. 25 יהוה Tzeva’ot, Elohei Yisra’el, says, behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Paroh, and Mitzrayim, with her gods, and her kings; even Paroh, and them that trust in him; 26and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nevukhadretzar king of Bavel, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says יהוה ‘.”
27“But fear not, O Ya’akov My servant, neither be dismayed, O Yisra’el; for, lo, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Ya’akov shall again be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. 28Fear not, O Ya’akov My servant, says יהוה , for I am with you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you, but I will not make a full end of you; and I will correct you in measure, but will not utterly destroy you.” end Bo
אאֲשֶׁר הָיָה דְבַר יהוה אֶל יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא עַל הַגּוֹיִם. בלְמִצְרַיִם עַל חֵיל פַּרְעֹה נְכוֹ מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר הָיָה עַל נְהַר פְּרָת בְּכַרְכְּמִשׁ אֲשֶׁר הִכָּה נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל בִּשְׁנַת הָרְבִיעִית לִיהוֹיָקִים בֶּן יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה. געִרְכוּ מָגֵן וְצִנָּה וּגְשׁוּ לַמִּלְחָמָה. דאִסְרוּ הַסּוּסִים וַעֲלוּ הַפָּרָשִׁים וְהִתְיַצְּבוּ בְּכוֹבָעִים; מִרְקוּ הָרְמָחִים לִבְשׁוּ הַסִּרְיֹנֹת. המַדּוּעַ רָאִיתִי הֵמָּה חַתִּים נְסֹגִים אָחוֹר וְגִבּוֹרֵיהֶם יֻכַּתּוּ וּמָנוֹס נָסוּ וְלֹא הִפְנוּ מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב נְאֻם יהוה . ואַל יָנוּס הַקַּל וְאַל יִמָּלֵט הַגִּבּוֹר; צָפוֹנָה עַל יַד נְהַר פְּרָת כָּשְׁלוּ וְנָפָלוּ. זמִי זֶה כַּיְאֹר יַעֲלֶה; כַּנְּהָרוֹת יִתְגָּעֲשׁוּ מֵימָיו. חמִצְרַיִם כַּיְאֹר יַעֲלֶה וְכַנְּהָרוֹת יִתְגֹּעֲשׁוּ מָיִם; וַיֹּאמֶר אַעֲלֶה אֲכַסֶּה אֶרֶץ אֹבִידָה עִיר וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ. טעֲלוּ הַסּוּסִים וְהִתְהֹלְלוּ הָרֶכֶב וְיֵצְאוּ הַגִּבּוֹרִים כּוּשׁ וּפוּט תֹּפְשֵׂי מָגֵן וְלוּדִים תֹּפְשֵׂי דֹּרְכֵי קָשֶׁת. יוְהַיּוֹם הַהוּא לַאדֹנָי יהוה צְבָאוֹת יוֹם נְקָמָה לְהִנָּקֵם מִצָּרָיו וְאָכְלָה חֶרֶב וְשָׂבְעָה וְרָוְתָה מִדָּמָם: כִּי זֶבַח לַאדֹנָי יהוה צְבָאוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ צָפוֹן אֶל נְהַר פְּרָת. יאעֲלִי גִלְעָד וּקְחִי צֳרִי בְּתוּלַת בַּת מִצְרָיִם; לַשָּׁוְא הרביתי (הִרְבֵּית) רְפֻאוֹת תְּעָלָה אֵין לָךְ. יבשָׁמְעוּ גוֹיִם קְלוֹנֵךְ וְצִוְחָתֵךְ מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ: כִּי גִבּוֹר בְּגִבּוֹר כָּשָׁלוּ יַחְדָּיו נָפְלוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם.
יגהַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יהוה אֶל יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא לָבוֹא נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל לְהַכּוֹת אֶת אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם. ידהַגִּידוּ בְמִצְרַיִם וְהַשְׁמִיעוּ בְמִגְדּוֹל וְהַשְׁמִיעוּ בְנֹף וּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵס; אִמְרוּ הִתְיַצֵּב וְהָכֵן לָךְ כִּי אָכְלָה חֶרֶב סְבִיבֶיךָ. טומַדּוּעַ נִסְחַף אַבִּירֶיךָ: לֹא עָמַד כִּי יהוה הֲדָפוֹ. טזהִרְבָּה כּוֹשֵׁל; גַּם נָפַל אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ קוּמָה וְנָשֻׁבָה אֶל עַמֵּנוּ וְאֶל אֶרֶץ מוֹלַדְתֵּנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַיּוֹנָה. יזקָרְאוּ שָׁם פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם שָׁאוֹן הֶעֱבִיר הַמּוֹעֵד. יחחַי אָנִי נְאֻם הַמֶּלֶךְ יהוה צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ: כִּי כְּתָבוֹר בֶּהָרִים וּכְכַרְמֶל בַּיָּם יָבוֹא. יטכְּלֵי גוֹלָה עֲשִׂי לָךְ יוֹשֶׁבֶת בַּת מִצְרָיִם: כִּי נֹף לְשַׁמָּה תִהְיֶה וְנִצְּתָה מֵאֵין יוֹשֵׁב. כעֶגְלָה יְפֵה פִיָּה מִצְרָיִם; קֶרֶץ מִצָּפוֹן בָּא בָא. כאגַּם שְׂכִרֶיהָ בְקִרְבָּהּ כְּעֶגְלֵי מַרְבֵּק כִּי גַם הֵמָּה הִפְנוּ נָסוּ יַחְדָּיו לֹא עָמָדוּ: כִּי יוֹם אֵידָם בָּא עֲלֵיהֶם עֵת פְּקֻדָּתָם. כבקוֹלָהּ כַּנָּחָשׁ יֵלֵךְ: כִּי בְחַיִל יֵלֵכוּ וּבְקַרְדֻּמּוֹת בָּאוּ לָהּ כְּחֹטְבֵי עֵצִים. כגכָּרְתוּ יַעְרָהּ נְאֻם יהוה כִּי לֹא יֵחָקֵר: כִּי רַבּוּ מֵאַרְבֶּה וְאֵין לָהֶם מִסְפָּר. כדהֹבִישָׁה בַּת מִצְרָיִם; נִתְּנָה בְּיַד עַם צָפוֹן. כה אָמַר יהוה צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִנְנִי פוֹקֵד אֶל אָמוֹן מִנֹּא וְעַל פַּרְעֹה וְעַל מִצְרַיִם וְעַל אֱלֹהֶיהָ וְעַל מְלָכֶיהָ; וְעַל פַּרְעֹה וְעַל הַבֹּטְחִים בּוֹ. כווּנְתַתִּים בְּיַד מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשָׁם וּבְיַד נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל וּבְיַד עֲבָדָיו; וְאַחֲרֵי כֵן תִּשְׁכֹּן כִּימֵי קֶדֶם נְאֻם יהוה .
כזוְאַתָּה אַל תִּירָא עַבְדִּי יַעֲקֹב וְאַל תֵּחַת יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי הִנְנִי מוֹשִׁעֲךָ מֵרָחוֹק וְאֶת זַרְעֲךָ מֵאֶרֶץ שִׁבְיָם; וְשָׁב יַעֲקוֹב וְשָׁקַט וְשַׁאֲנַן וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד. כחאַתָּה אַל תִּירָא עַבְדִּי יַעֲקֹב נְאֻם יהוה כִּי אִתְּךָ אָנִי: כִּי אֶעֱשֶׂה כָלָה בְּכָל הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הִדַּחְתִּיךָ שָּׁמָּה וְאֹתְךָ לֹא אֶעֱשֶׂה כָלָה וְיִסַּרְתִּיךָ לַמִּשְׁפָּט וְנַקֵּה לֹא אֲנַקֶּךָּ.
D'var יהוה , The Word of יהוה 