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19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt,
furnish thyself to go into captivity:
for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh;
it cometh out of the north.
21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks;
for they also are turned back, and are fled away together:
they did not stand,
because the day of their calamity was come upon them,
and the time of their visitation.

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19 Pack your belongings for exile,(A)
    you who live in Egypt,
for Memphis(B) will be laid waste(C)
    and lie in ruins without inhabitant.

20 “Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
    but a gadfly is coming
    against her from the north.(D)
21 The mercenaries(E) in her ranks
    are like fattened calves.(F)
They too will turn and flee(G) together,
    they will not stand their ground,
for the day(H) of disaster is coming upon them,
    the time(I) for them to be punished.

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