Jeremiah 46:18–24

¹⁸“As I live,” declares the ^aKing

Whose name is the Lord of hosts,

“Surely one shall come who looms up like ^bTabor among the mountains,

Or like ^cCarmel by the sea.

¹⁹“Make your baggage ready for ^aexile,

O ^bdaughter dwelling in Egypt,

For ^cMemphis will become a desolation;

It will even be burned down and ¹bereft of inhabitants.

²⁰“Egypt is a pretty ^aheifer,

But a ¹horsefly is coming ^bfrom the north—it is coming!

²¹“Also her ^amercenaries in her midst

Are like ¹fattened ^bcalves,

For even they too have turned back and have fled away together;

They did not stand their ground.

For the day of their calamity has come upon them,

The time of their ^cpunishment.

²²“Its sound moves along like a serpent;

For they move on ¹like an army

And come to her as woodcutters with axes.

²³“They have cut down her ^aforest,” declares the Lord;

“Surely it will no more be found,

Even though ¹they are now more numerous than ^blocusts

And are without number.

²⁴“The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame,

Given over to the ¹power of the ^apeople of the north.”