18 “As I live,” declares the (A)King
Whose name is the Lord of hosts,
“Surely one shall come who looms up like (B)Tabor among the mountains,
Or like (C)Carmel by the sea.
19 “Make your baggage ready for (D)exile,
O (E)daughter dwelling in Egypt,
For (F)Memphis will become a desolation;
It will even be burned down and [a]bereft of inhabitants.
20 “Egypt is a pretty (G)heifer,
But a [b]horsefly is coming (H)from the north—it is coming!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:19 Lit without
  2. Jeremiah 46:20 Or possibly mosquito