Jeremiah 46:1-2

New International Reader's Version

A Message About Egypt

46 A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet. It was about the nations.

² Here is what the Lord says about Egypt.

Here is his message against the army of Pharaoh Necho. He was king of Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, won the battle over Necho’s army. That happened at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. It was in the fourth year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah. He was the son of Josiah. The message says,