“‘God, the Master, says:“‘The sword of the king of Babylonis coming against you.I’ll use the swords of championsto lay your pride low,Use the most brutal of nationsto knock Egypt off her high horse,to puncture that hot-air pomposity.I’ll destroy all their livestockthat graze along the river.Neither human foot nor animal hoofwill muddy those waters anymore.I’ll clear their springs and streams,make their rivers flow clean and smooth.Decree of God, the Master.When I turn Egypt back to the wildand strip her clean of all her abundant produce,When I strike dead all who live there,then they’ll realize that I am God.’