14. “Shout it out in Egypt!Publish it in the cities of Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes!Mobilize for battle,for the sword will devour everyone around you.
15. Why have your warriors fallen?They cannot stand, for the lord has knocked them down.
16. They stumble and fall over each otherand say among themselves,‘Come, let’s go back to our people,to the land of our birth.Let’s get away from the sword of the enemy!’
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!