Jeremiah 46:7
Good News Translation
Who is this that rises like the Nile, like a river flooding its banks?

New Revised Standard Version
Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?

Contemporary English Version
What nation is this, that rises like the Nile River overflowing its banks?

New American Bible
Who is this? Like the Nile, it rears up; like rivers, its waters surge.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who is this that cometh up as a flood: and his streams swell like those of rivers?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who is this that cometh up as a flood: and his streams swell like those of rivers?

Who

Songs 3:6 Who is she that goeth up by the desert, as a pillar of smoke of aromatical spices, of myrrh, and frankincense, and of all the powders of the perfumer?

Songs 8:5 Who is this that cometh up from the desert, flowing with delights, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I raised thee up: there thy mother was corrupted, there she was defloured that bore thee.

Isaiah 63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bosra, this beautiful one in his robe, walking in the greatness of his strength. I, that speak justice, and am a defender to save.

as a flood

Jeremiah 47:2 Thus saith the Lord: Behold there come up waters out of the north, and they shall be as an overflowing torrent, and they shall cover the land, and all that is therein, the city and the inhabitants thereof: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl,

Isaiah 8:7,8 Therefore behold the Lord will bring upon them the waters of the river strong and many, the king of the Assyrians, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and shall overflow all his banks. . . .

Daniel 9:26 And after sixty-two weeks Christ shall be slain: and the people that shall deny him shall not be his. And a people, with their leader, that shall come, shall destroy the city, and the sanctuary: and the end thereof shall be waste, and after the end of the war the appointed desolation.

Daniel 11:22 And the arms of the fighter shall be overcome before his face, and shall be broken: yea, also the prince of the covenant.

Amos 8:8 The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works.

Revelation 12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth, after the woman, water, as it were a river: that he might cause her to be carried away by the river.

Context
The Judgment on Egypt
6Let not the swift flee away, nor the strong think to escape: they are overthrown, and fallen down, towards the north by the river Euphrates. 7Who is this that cometh up as a flood: and his streams swell like those of rivers?8Egypt riseth up like a flood, and the waves thereof shall be moved as rivers, and he shall say: I will go up and will cover the earth: I will destroy the city, and its inhabitants.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 47:2
Thus saith the Lord: Behold there come up waters out of the north, and they shall be as an overflowing torrent, and they shall cover the land, and all that is therein, the city and the inhabitants thereof: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl,

Ezekiel 32:2
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharao the king of Egypt, and say to him: Thou art like the lion of the nations, and the dragon that is in the sea: and thou didst push with the horn in thy rivers, and didst trouble the waters with thy feet, and didst trample upon their streams.

Daniel 11:10
And his sons shall be provoked, and they shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and he shall come with haste like a flood: and he shall return, and be stirred up, and he shall join battle with his force.

Amos 8:8
The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works.

Jeremiah 46:6
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