16. He’s tripped them up;they fall over each other and say,"Let’s get out of hereand go home to our people,where we were born,far away from the oppressor’s sword."
17. There they call Pharaoh, Egypt’s king,Loudmouth—Nothing But Hot Air!
18. As I live, declares the king,whose name is the Lord of heavenly forces,one is comingjust as surely as Tabor is in the mountainsand Carmel is by the sea.
19. Get what you need for deportation,you inhabitants of Egypt.Memphis will be reduced to a wasteland,a ruin with no one left.