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Jeremiah 46:17
They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.’
Jeremiah 46:17 · World English Bible
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Jeremiah 46:17 in other translations
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’
They cried there, 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.'"
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In context
14 “Declare in Egypt, publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes; say, ‘Stand up, and prepare, for the sword has devoured around you.’
15 Why are your strong ones swept away? They didn’t stand, because the LORD pushed them.
16 He made many to stumble. Yes, they fell on one another. They said, ‘Arise! Let’s go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.’
17 They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.’
18 “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.
19 You daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis will become a desolation, and will be burned up, without inhabitant.
20 “Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north has come. It has come.
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