16 He hath multiplied the stumbling, Yea one hath fallen upon his neighbour, And they say: Rise, and we turn back to our people, And unto the land of our birth, Because of the oppressing sword.
17 They have cried there: Pharaoh king of Egypt 'is' a desolation, Passed by hath the appointed time.
18 I live -- an affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts 'is' His name, Surely as Tabor 'is' among mountains, And as Carmel by the sea -- he cometh in,
19 Goods for removal make for thee, O inhabitant, daughter of Egypt, For Noph becometh a desolation, And hath been burnt up, without inhabitant.
20 A heifer very fair 'is' Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her.
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