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18     As I live, says the King
        whose name is the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies,
    That one is coming who will tower over you
        like Mount Tabor over the mountains,
        like Mount Carmel over the sea.
19     Pack for the coming exile, you citizens of Egypt,
        for Memphis will be a wasteland, a city destroyed and empty of life.
20     Egypt is like a heifer—beautiful, but helpless—
        because a biting horsefly from the north is coming against her.

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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)

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