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There they will cry out: Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he let the opportune moment pass.
Jeremiah 46:17 In-Context
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Why will your warriors be laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD will push them down.
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They will stumble repeatedly; they will fall over each other. They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back to our own people and our native lands, away from the sword of the oppressor.’
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There they will exclaim, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise; he has missed his opportunity.’
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“As surely as I live,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD Almighty, “one will come who is like Tabor among the mountains, like Carmel by the sea.
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Pack your belongings for exile, you who live in Egypt, for Memphis will be laid waste and lie in ruins without inhabitant.