14 Proclaim in Egypt, announce in Migdol,announce in Memphis and Tahpanhes!Say: Fall in, get ready,the sword has devoured your neighbors.
15 Why has Apis fled?Your champion did not stand,Because the Lord thrust him down;
16 he stumbled repeatedly then collapsed.They said to each other,“Get up! We must return to our own people,To the land of our birth,away from the destroying sword.”
17 Give Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the name“Braggart-missed-his-chance.”
18 As I live, says the Kingwhose name is Lord of hosts,Like Tabor above mountains,like Carmel above the sea, he comes.
19 Pack your bags for exile,enthroned daughter Egypt;Memphis shall become a wasteland,an empty ruin.
20 Egypt is a beautiful heifer,a horsefly from the north keeps coming.