Jeremiah 46:18-24

New International Version

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)
21 The mercenaries^(H) in her ranks
    are like fattened calves.^(I)
They too will turn and flee^(J) together,
    they will not stand their ground,
for the day^(K) of disaster is coming upon them,
    the time^(L) for them to be punished.
²² Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent
    as the enemy advances in force;
they will come against her with axes,
    like men who cut down trees.^(M)
23 They will chop down her forest,”
declares the Lord,
    “dense though it be.
They are more numerous than locusts,^(N)
    they cannot be counted.
²⁴ Daughter Egypt will be put to shame,
    given into the hands of the people of the north.^(O)”