1. Jeremiah 46:12 (ESV)
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Why have the nations heard of Egypt’s shame?

Jeremiah 46:12 (ESV)

12 The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for warrior has stumbled against warrior; they have both fallen together.”

News of Egypt’s humiliating defeat at the hands of the Babylonians would have rippled through the nations because it would have massive implications for many of them.

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