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2 Concerning Egypt. Against the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates by Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah: 3 Prepare buckler and shield! move forward to battle! 4 Harness the horses, charioteers, mount up! Fall in, with helmets on; polish your spears, put on your armor. 5 What do I see? Are they panicking, falling apart? Their warriors are hammered back, They flee headlong never making a stand. Terror on every side— oracle of the LORD! 6 The swift cannot flee, nor the warrior escape: There up north, on the banks of the Euphrates they stumble and fall. Jeremiah 46:2-6, New American Bible Revised. Copyright © 2010 USCCB.
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