Jeremiah 46:18

Carmel Tabor (Mountain)

¹⁶ He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

¹⁷ They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.

As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

¹⁹ O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.

²⁰ Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
KJV: As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
WEB: “As I live,” says the King, whose name is the LORD of Armies, “surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so he will come.
ASV: As I live, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
DARBY: [As] I live, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts, surely as Tabor among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
BLB: [As] I live, a declaration of the King, YHWH of Hosts [is] His name—surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, he will come.

ÅB: Så sant jeg lever, sier kongen, han hvis navn er Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Som Tabor iblant fjellene og som Karmel ved havet kommer han[^2].
OTB: "Sannelig, så sant jeg lever," erklærer Kongen, hvis navn er Herren, hærskarenes Gud, "en vil komme som er som Tabor blant fjellene, eller som Karmel ved havet.
B1930: Så sant jeg lever, sier kongen, han hvis navn er Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Som Tabor iblandt fjellene og som Karmel ved havet kommer han. / < Nebukadnesar.>

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 48:15
Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
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Joshua 19:22
And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
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Judges 4:6
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
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Isaiah 47:4
As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
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Malachi 1:14
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
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Isaiah 48:2
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
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Psalms 89:12
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
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Jeremiah 51:17
Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
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