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18 As I live,” declares the (A)King
Whose name is Yahweh 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 inhabitant of the (E)daughter of Egypt,
For (F)Memphis will become a desolation;
It will even be turned into ruin and without inhabitants.
20 Egypt is a pretty (G)heifer,
But a [a]horsefly is coming (H)from the north—it is coming!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:20 Or possibly mosquito

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)

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