20. Egypt is like a splendid cow,attacked by a stinging fly from the north.
21. Even her hired soldiersare helpless as calves.They did not stand and fight;all of them turned and ran.The day of their doom had arrived,the time of their destruction.
22. Egypt runs away, hissing like a snake,as the enemy's army approaches.They attack her with axes,like men cutting down trees
23. and destroying a thick forest.Their men are too many to count;their soldiers outnumber the locusts.