Jeremiah 46:23-25
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
23 They cut down her forest—oracle of the Lord—
impenetrable though it be;
More numerous than locusts,
they cannot be counted.
24 Shamed is daughter Egypt,
handed over to a people from the north.
25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, has said: See! I will punish Amon[a] of Thebes and Egypt, gods, kings, Pharaoh, and those who trust in him.(A)
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- 46:25 Amon: the sun-god worshiped at Thebes in Upper Egypt.
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