17 There they will say,‘Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is a loudmouthwho missed his opportunity!’
18 “As surely as I live,” says the King,whose name is the lord of Heaven’s Armies,“one is coming against Egyptwho is as tall as Mount Tabor,or as Mount Carmel by the sea!
19 Pack up! Get ready to leave for exile,you citizens of Egypt!The city of Memphis will be destroyed,without a single inhabitant.
20 Egypt is as sleek as a beautiful heifer,but a horsefly from the north is on its way!
21 Egypt’s mercenaries have become like fattened calves.They, too, will turn and run,for it is a day of great disaster for Egypt,a time of great punishment.
22 Egypt flees, silent as a serpent gliding away.The invading army marches in;they come against her with axes like woodsmen.
23 They will cut down her people like trees,” says the lord,“for they are more numerous than locusts.