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Egypt's Defeat at Carchemish

46 The Lord spoke to me about the nations, (A)beginning with Egypt. This is what he said about the army of King Neco of Egypt, which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia defeated at Carchemish near the Euphrates River in the fourth year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah:

“The Egyptian officers shout,
‘Get your shields ready
    and march into battle!

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