Jeremiah 46:13-15

Contemporary English Version

A Warning for Egypt

^13-14^(A) When King Nebuchadnezzar^[a] of Babylonia was on his way to attack Egypt, the Lord sent me with a warning for every Egyptian town, but especially for Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes. He said to tell them:

Prepare to defend yourselves!
Everywhere in your nation,
people are dying in war.
¹⁵I have struck down
your mighty god Apis^[b]
and chased him away.^[c]

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Footnotes

46.13,14 Nebuchadnezzar: See the note at 21.2.
46.15 Apis: A sacred bull, kept in a temple at Memphis, Egypt, and worshiped as a god.
46.15 I have … him away: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.