6. The swift cannot flee,nor the warrior escape:There up north, on the banks of the Euphratesthey stumble and fall.
7. Who is this? Like the Nile, it rears up;like rivers, its waters surge.
8. Egypt rears up like the Nile,like rivers, its waters surge.“I will rear up,” it says, “and cover the earth,destroying the city and its people.
9. Forward, horses!charge, chariots!March forth, warriors,Cush and Put, bearing shields,Archers of Lud, stretching bows!”
10. Today belongs to the Lord God of hosts,a day of vengeance, vengeance on his foes!The sword devours and is sated, drunk with their blood:for the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrificein the land of the north, on the River Euphrates.
11. Go up to Gilead, procure balm,Virgin daughter Egypt!No use to multiply remedies;for you there is no healing.
12. The nations hear your cries,your screaming fills the earth.Warrior stumbles against warrior,both collapse together.
13. The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet when Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came to attack the land of Egypt:
14. Proclaim in Egypt, announce in Migdol,announce in Memphis and Tahpanhes!Say: Fall in, get ready,the sword has devoured your neighbors.
15. Why has Apis fled?Your champion did not stand,Because the Lord thrust him down;
16. he stumbled repeatedly then collapsed.They said to each other,“Get up! We must return to our own people,To the land of our birth,away from the destroying sword.”