¹⁸ “As surely as I live,” declares the King,^(A)
    whose name is the Lord Almighty,
“one will come who is like Tabor^(B) among the mountains,
    like Carmel^(C) by the sea.
¹⁹ Pack your belongings for exile,^(D)
    you who live in Egypt,
for Memphis^(E) will be laid waste^(F)
    and lie in ruins without inhabitant.

²⁰ “Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
    but a gadfly is coming
    against her from the north.^(G)