22. Egypt will run away, hissing like a snake,as the enemy comes marching up in force.They will come against her with axesas if they were woodsmen chopping down trees.
23. The population of Egypt is like a vast, impenetrable forest.But I, the Lord, affirm that the enemy will cut them down.For those who chop them down will be more numerous than locusts.They will be too numerous to count.
24. Poor dear Egypt will be put to shame.She will be handed over to the people from the north.”