5 Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD. 6 “The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall. 7 Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?
Jeremiah 46:5–7
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