19. Pack your bags, inhabitants of Egypt,because you will be taken away as captives.Memphis will become a dreary wasteland,a pile of rubble where no one lives.
20. “Egypt is like a beautiful cow,but a horsefly from the north will attack it.
21. Egypt’s hired soldiers are like fattened calves.They will turn and run away together.They won’t stand their ground.The day of destruction is coming.At that time they will be punished.
22. Egypt will hiss like a snake as it slithers away.Its enemies will come with full force.They will attack it with axes like those who chop wood.
23. They will cut down the forest,” declares the Lord,“since Egypt can’t be found.They are more numerous than locusts; they can’t be counted.