21. Even her hired soldiersare helpless as calves.They did not stand and fight;all of them turned and ran.The day of their doom had arrived,the time of their destruction.
22. Egypt runs away, hissing like a snake,as the enemy's army approaches.They attack her with axes,like men cutting down trees
23. and destroying a thick forest.Their men are too many to count;their soldiers outnumber the locusts.
24. The people of Egypt are put to shame;they are conquered by the people of the north.I, the Lord, have spoken.”
25. The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says, “I am going to punish Amon, the god of Thebes, together with Egypt and its gods and kings. I am going to take the king of Egypt and all who put their trust in him,
26. and hand them over to those who want to kill them, to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia and his army. But later on, people will live in Egypt again, as they did in times past. I, the Lord, have spoken.”