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22 Her voice is like a snake!
    Yes, they come in force;
They attack her with axes,
    like those who fell trees.
23 They cut down her forest—oracle of the Lord
    impenetrable though it be;
More numerous than locusts,
    they cannot be counted.
24 Shamed is daughter Egypt,
    handed over to a people from the north.

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22 Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent
    as the enemy advances in force;
they will come against her with axes,
    like men who cut down trees.(A)
23 They will chop down her forest,”
declares the Lord,
    “dense though it be.
They are more numerous than locusts,(B)
    they cannot be counted.
24 Daughter Egypt will be put to shame,
    given into the hands of the people of the north.(C)

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