16 Your soldiers stumbleover each otherand say, “Get up!The enemy will kill us,unless we can escapeto our own land.”
17 Give the king of Egyptthis new name,“Talks-Big-Does-Nothing”.
18 Egypt, I am the true king,the Lord All-Powerful,and as surely as I live,those enemies who attackwill tower over youlike Mount Tabor among the hillsor Mount Carmel by the sea.
19 You will be led away captive,so pack a few thingsto bring with you.Your capital, Memphis,will lie empty and in ruins.
20 An enemy from the northwill attack you, beautiful Egypt,like a fly biting a cow.
21 The foreign soldiers you hiredwill turn and run.But they are doomed,like well-fed calvesbeing led to the butcher.
22-23 The enemy army will go forwardlike a swarm of locusts.Your troops will feel helpless,like a snake in a forestwhen men with axesstart chopping down trees.It can only hissand try to escape.