Jeremiah 46

As Christians, we need to put on the full armor of God, without it we cannot stand. Fully protecting our mind with the helmet of salvation, our heart with the breastplate of righteousness, our vital organs, our loins girded with truth, going where He leads us, our feet shod with the gospel of peace and yielding our biggest weapon, The Holy Spirit, the sword of faith. We need to be His light to the world but we need to separate ourselves from the sin of this world. Unless, God be in it, it will not stand. If we try to do our own thing, even a good thing, outside of His will for us, it will fail. Oh Father, open our minds to perceive You, our eyes to see You, our ears to hear You, and our heart to receive You. If we don't take a stand against the injustice of this world, we, in our silence, have given sanction to it. What does the Lord require of your stay here on earth? He requires you to be fair to all people, love mercy and freely forgive as He has forgiven you in the sacrifice of His Son and walk
humbly, knowing that He is God. He made all and controls all. Nothing happens without His knowledge, nothing! Put your trust in Him, you will be corrected, but you will be saved! Fear not for God is with you.

3 "Order the buckler and shield,

And draw near to battle!

4 Harness the horses,

And mount up, you horsemen!

Stand forth with your helmets,

Polish the spears,

Put on the armor!

5 Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back?

Their mighty ones are beaten down;

They have speedily fled,

And did not look back,

For fear was all around," says the Lord.

7 "Who is this coming up ilike a flood,

Whose waters move like the rivers?

8 Egypt rises up like a flood,

And its waters move like the rivers;

And he says, 'I will go up and cover the earth,

I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.'

10 For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts,

A day of vengeance,

That He may avenge Himself
on His adversaries.

11 "Go up to Gilead and take balm,

O virgin, the daughter of Egypt;

In vain you will use many medicines;

You shall not be cured.

12 The nations have heard of your shame,

And your cry has filled the land;

For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty;

They both have fallen together."

14 "Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol;

Proclaim in Noph and in Tahpanhes;

Say, 'Stand fast and prepare yourselves,

For the sword devours all around you.'

15 Why are your valiant men swept away?

They did not stand

Because the
Lord drove them away.

16 He made many fall;

Yes, one fell upon another.

And they said, 'Arise!

Let us go back to our own people

And to the land of our nativity

From the oppressing sword.'

25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says: "Behold, I will bring punishment on Amon of No, and Pharaoh and Egypt, with their gods and their kings—Pharaoh and those who trust in him. 26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of his servants. Afterward it shall be inhabited as in the days of old," says the Lord. 27 "But do not fear, O My servant Jacob,

And do not be dismayed, O Israel!

For behold, I will save you from afar,

And your offspring from the land of their captivity;

Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease;

No one shall make him afraid.

28 Do not fear, O Jacob My servant," says the Lord,

"For I am with you;

For I will make a complete end of all the nations

To which I have driven you,

But I will not make a complete end of you.

I will rightly correct you,

For I will not leave you wholly unpunished."

The NKJ study Bible puts it this way:

The main message of these oracles is the sovereignty of God over all the nations of the earth. God is the true and sovereign King over all the armies of heaven and earth.