1. The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
2. Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
3. Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
4. Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
5. Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith the Lord.
6. Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled, and fallen.
7. Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
8. Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.