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22 Its sound moves along like a serpent;
For they move on [a]like a military force
And come to her as woodcutters with axes.
23 They have cut down her (A)forest,” declares Yahweh;
“Surely it will no longer be searched out,
Even though [b]they are now more numerous than (B)locusts
And are without number.
24 The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame,
Given over to the hand of the (C)people of the north.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:22 Or in force
  2. Jeremiah 46:23 Trees of the forest, the Egyptians