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19 O daughter dwelling in Egypt,
    prepare your baggage for captivity,
for Memphis will become desolate,
    it will even be burned down without an inhabitant.

20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer,
    but destruction comes,
    it comes out of the north.
21 Also her mercenaries are in her midst
    like fat bulls,
for they also have turned back and have fled away together.
    They did not stand their ground
because the day of their calamity has come upon them,
    even the time of their punishment.

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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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