15 Why will your warriors be laid low?They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.
16 They will stumble repeatedly;they will fall over each other.They will say, “Get up, let us go backto our own people and our native lands,away from the sword of the oppressor.”
17 There they will exclaim,“Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;he has missed his opportunity.”
18 ‘As surely as I live,’ declares the King,whose name is the Lord Almighty,‘one will come who is like Tabor among the mountains,like Carmel by the sea.
19 Pack your belongings for exile,you who live in Egypt,for Memphis will be laid wasteand lie in ruins without inhabitant.
20 ‘Egypt is a beautiful heifer,but a gadfly is comingagainst her from the north.
21 The mercenaries in her ranksare like fattened calves.They too will turn and flee together,they will not stand their ground,for the day of disaster is coming upon them,the time for them to be punished.