14 Declare in Egypt and publish in Migdol,and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes;say, “Stand fast and prepare yourself,for the sword will devour those about you.”
15 Why have your valiant men become prostrate?They do not stand because the Lord has thrust them down.
16 He made many to fall.Indeed, each one has fallen upon another.Then they said, “Arise and let us go backto our own people and to the land of our nativity,away from the oppressing sword.”
17 They cried there,“Pharaoh king of Egypt is a tumult.He has let the time appointed pass by!”
18 As I live, says the Kingwhose name is the Lord of Hosts,surely as Tabor is among the mountains,and as Carmel by the sea, so he shall come.
19 O daughter dwelling in Egypt,prepare your baggage for captivity,for Memphis will become desolate,it will even be burned down without an inhabitant.
20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer,but destruction comes,it comes out of the north.