14. Declare in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph, and in Tahpanhes; say, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword devoureth round about thee.
15. Why are thy valiants swept away? They stood not, for Jehovah did thrust them down.
16. He made many to stumble, yea, one fell upon another; and they said, Arise, and let us return to our own people and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
17. There did they cry, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the time appointed go by.