NET Bible
"Who is this that rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage?"
— Jeremiah 46:7, NET Bible
“Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?”
“Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers? ”
“Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?”
“Who is this that cometh up as a flood: and his streams swell like those of rivers?”
“Who is this coming up like the Nile, whose waters are lifting their heads like the rivers?”
“Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?”
Harness the horses to the chariots! Mount your horses! Take your positions with helmets on! Ready your spears! Put on the armor!
“What do I see! The soldiers are frightened. They are retreating. They are being scattered. They have fled for refuge without looking back. Terror is all around them,” says the LORD.
But even the swiftest cannot get away. Even the strongest cannot escape. There in the north by the Euphrates River they have stumbled and fallen in defeat.
Who is this that rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage?
Egypt rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage. Egypt said,‘I will arise and cover the earth. I will destroy cities and the people who inhabit them.’
Go ahead and charge into battle, you horsemen! Drive furiously, you charioteers! Let the soldiers march out into battle, those from Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields, and those from Lydia who are armed with the bow.
But that day belongs to the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies. It is a day of reckoning, when he will pay back his adversaries. His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied! It will drink its fill from their blood! Indeed it will be a sacrifice for the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.