“ Egyptians, here is what I want you to announce in your land. Announce it in the city of Migdol. Also announce it in Memphis and Tahpanhes. Say,‘ Take up your battle positions! Get ready! The sword eats up those around you.’

你们要传扬在埃及，宣告在密夺，报告在挪弗、答比匿说：要站起出队，自作准备，因为刀剑在你四围施行吞灭的事。

你们要在埃及传扬，在密夺报告，在挪弗、答比匿宣告说：“要摆好阵势，预备作战，因为刀剑在你四围施行吞灭。”

你们要在埃及传扬，在密夺报告，在挪弗、答比匿宣告说：“要摆好阵势，预备作战，因为刀剑在你四围施行吞灭。”

“你要在埃及宣布，在密夺、挪弗和答比匿宣告，‘你们要准备战斗，因为刀剑要吞噬你们周围的人。’

“你们要在埃及传扬，在密夺宣告，在挪弗和答比匿宣扬，说：‘要站好岗位，作好准备，因为刀剑要吞灭你周围的人！’

你們要傳揚在埃及，宣告在密奪，報告在挪弗、答比匿說：要站起出隊，自作準備，因為刀劍在你四圍施行吞滅的事。

你們要在埃及傳揚，在密奪報告，在挪弗、答比匿宣告說：「要擺好陣勢，預備作戰，因為刀劍在你四圍施行吞滅。」

你們要在埃及傳揚，在密奪報告，在挪弗、答比匿宣告說：「要擺好陣勢，預備作戰，因為刀劍在你四圍施行吞滅。」

「你要在埃及宣佈，在密奪、挪弗和答比匿宣告，『你們要準備戰鬥，因為刀劍要吞噬你們周圍的人。』

“你們要在埃及傳揚，在密奪宣告，在挪弗和答比匿宣揚，說：‘要站好崗位，作好準備，因為刀劍要吞滅你周圍的人！’

『你們要傳揚於埃及，要宣告於密奪，宣告於挪弗和答比匿，說：「要站出來在陣位上，作好了準備；因為有刀劍在你四圍吞滅着人呢。」

曰、爾其播於埃及、傳於密奪、宣於挪弗答比匿云、出而屹立、預為之備、爾之四周、已見吞於鋒刃、

當告埃及人、播揚斯言於蜜奪、挪弗、答比匿、云、當預為備、屹立不動、四周之民、亡於鋒刃。

當宣告於伊及、播揚於密奪、密奪又作密革奪傳示於挪弗、答比匿云、當為備屹立、因爾之四周、有鋒刃殺戮、

“ Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it also in Memphis and Tahpanhes:‘ Take your positions and get ready, for the sword devours those around you.’

“ Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol; proclaim in Memphis and Tahpanhes; say,‘ Stand ready and be prepared, for the sword shall devour around you.’

“ Shout it out in Egypt! Publish it in the cities of Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes! Mobilize for battle, for the sword will devour everyone around you.

Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol! Proclaim it in Memphis and in Tahpanhes! Say,“ Take positions! Prepare yourself, for the sword devours all around you.”

“ Declare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol, Proclaim also in Memphis and Tahpanhes; Say,‘ Take your stand and get yourself ready, For the sword has devoured those around you.’

“ Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol; Proclaim in Noph and in Tahpanhes; Say,‘ stand fast and prepare yourselves, For the sword devours all around you.’

Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand forth, and prepare thee; for the sword hath devoured round about thee.

Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol! Proclaim it in Memphis and in Tahpanhes! Say: Take positions! Prepare yourself, for the sword devours all around you.

Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.

“ Make an announcement throughout Egypt. Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes.‘ Take your positions and prepare to do battle. For the enemy army is destroying all the nations around you.’

“ Declare in Egypt, publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say,‘ Stand up, and prepare; for the sword has devoured around you.’

But that day belongs to me. I am the Lord who rules over all. It is a day for me to pay back my enemies. My sword will eat until it is satisfied. It will drink until it is not thirsty for blood anymore. I am the Lord. I am the Lord who rules over all. I will offer a sacrifice. I will offer it in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.

A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. It was about all the Jews living in Lower Egypt. They were living in Migdol, Tahpanhes and Memphis. It was also about all the Jews living in Upper Egypt.

But if you are not willing to obey me, you will be killed by swords.” The Lord has spoken.

“ Egyptians, prepare your shields! Prepare large and small shields alike! March out for battle!Get the horses and chariots ready to ride! Take up your battle positions! Put on your helmets! Shine up your spears! Put on your armor!

In Tahpanhes a message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. The Lord said,“ Make sure the Jews are watching you. Then get some large stones. Go to the entrance to Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes. Bury the stones in the clay under the brick walkway there.

“ Nineveh, I am against you,” announces the Lord who rules over all.“ I will burn up your chariots with fire. Your young lions will be killed by swords. I will leave you nothing on earth to catch. The voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

“ I punished your people. But it did not do them any good. They did not pay attention when they were corrected. You have killed your prophets by swords. You have swallowed them up like a hungry lion.

Announce this among the nations. Tell them to prepare for battle. Nations, get your soldiers ready! Bring all your fighting men together and march out to attack.Hammer your plows into swords. Hammer your pruning tools into spears. Let anyone who is weak say,“ I am strong!”Come quickly, all you surrounding nations. Gather together in the Valley of Jehoshaphat. Lord, send down your soldiers from heaven!The Lord says,“ Stir up the nations into action! Let them march into the valley where I will judge them. I will take my seat in court. I will judge all the surrounding nations.

The Lord says,“ People of Benjamin, run for safety! Run away from Jerusalem! Blow trumpets in the city of Tekoa! Warn everyone in Beth Hakkerem! Horrible trouble is coming from the north. The Babylonians will destroy everything with awful power.I will destroy the city of Zion, even though it is very beautiful.Shepherds will come against it with their flocks. They will set up their tents around it. All of them will take care of their own sheep.”The Babylonians say,“ Prepare for battle against Judah! Get up! Let’s attack them at noon! But the daylight is fading. The shadows of evening are getting longer.So get up! Let’s attack them at night! Let’s destroy their strongest forts!”

Abner called out to Joab,“ Do you want our swords to keep on killing us off? Don’t you know that all this fighting will end in bitter feelings? How long will it be before you order your men to stop chasing their fellow Israelites?”

His sword will be red with blood. It will be covered with fat. The blood will flow like the blood of lambs and goats being sacrificed. The fat will be like the fat taken from the kidneys of rams. That’s because the Lord will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah. He will kill many people in the land of Edom.

I will set Egypt on fire. Pelusium will groan with terrible pain. Thebes will be ripped apart. Memphis will suffer greatly because of everything that happens.The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will be killed by swords. Their people will be taken away as prisoners.I will break Egypt’s power over other lands. That will be a dark day for Tahpanhes. There the strength Egypt was so proud of will come to an end. Egypt will be covered with clouds. The people in its villages will be taken away as prisoners.

He said,“ Tell the people of Israel to turn back. Have them camp near Pi Hahiroth between Migdol and the Red Sea. They must camp by the sea, right across from Baal Zephon.

Many will come to destroy it. They will gather on the bare hilltops in the desert. I will use them as my sword to destroy my people. They will kill them from one end of the land to the other. No one will be safe.

The Lord says,“ The Assyrians will be killed by swords. But the swords that kill them will not be used by human beings. The Assyrians will run away from those swords. But their young men will be caught and forced to work hard.