Jeremiah 46:20-22
New American Standard Bible
20 Egypt is a pretty (A)heifer,
But a [a]horsefly is coming (B)from the north—it is coming!
21 Also her (C)mercenaries in her midst
Are like fattened (D)calves,
For they too have turned away and have fled together;
They did not stand their ground.
For the day of their disaster has come upon them,
The time of their (E)punishment.
22 Its sound moves along like a serpent;
For they move on [b]like an army
And come to her as woodcutters with axes.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 46:20 Or possibly mosquito
- Jeremiah 46:22 Or in force
Jeremiah 46:20-22
King James Version
20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
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