Jeremiah 46:18-20

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¹⁸This message is from the King.
    The King is the Lord All-Powerful.
“I promise, as surely as I live, a powerful leader will come.
    He will be like Mount Tabor or Mount Carmel among smaller mountains.
¹⁹People of Egypt, pack your things.
    Get ready for captivity,
because Memphis will be a ruined, empty land.
    Those cities will be destroyed,
    and no one will live there.

²⁰“Egypt is like a beautiful cow.
But a horsefly^[a] is coming from the north^[b] to attack her.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 46:20 horsefly A large insect that often flies around cows and horses and bites them.
Jeremiah 46:20 north The Babylonian army came from this direction to attack Judah. Armies from countries north and east of Israel often came this way to attack Judah and Israel.