Judgment on Egypt We now enter a new section of the book of Jeremiah. Chapters 46-51 are a series of prophecies against the nations. This first chapter addresses Egypt. This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: Jeremiah 46:2 There was a major battle at the city of Carchemish in 605 BC between the two great powers of the day: Egypt and Babylon. The Babylonians had been gaining strength […]