Jeremiah 46:20

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Jeremiah 46:20

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.

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KJV

King James Version

Egypt [is like] a very fair heifer, [but] destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

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WEB

World English Bible

“Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north has come. It has come.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Egypt is a very fair heifer; [but] destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Jeremiah 46

¹⁸ As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.

¹⁹ Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.

²⁰ Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.

²¹ Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time of their punishment.

²² Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.

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