¹⁸ It will produce thorns and thistles^(A) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.^(B)

¹³ Thorns^(A) will overrun her citadels,
    nettles and brambles her strongholds.^(B)
She will become a haunt for jackals,^(C)
    a home for owls.^(D)

⁶ Even if they escape from destruction,
    Egypt will gather them,^(A)
    and Memphis^(B) will bury them.^(C)
Their treasures of silver^(D) will be taken over by briers,
    and thorns^(E) will overrun their tents.