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.”