Jeremiah 46:20-22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²⁰A beautiful heifer is Egypt—
    a gadfly from the north lights upon her.^(A)
²¹Even her mercenaries in her midst
    are like fatted calves;
they, too, have turned and fled together;
    they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
    the time of their punishment.^(B)

²²She makes a sound like a snake gliding away,
for her enemies march in force
and come against her with axes,
like those who fell trees.^(C)