²² Egypt is like a hissing snake that is trying to escape.
    The enemy comes closer and closer.
They come against Egypt with axes
    like men who cut down trees.
²³ They will chop down Egypt’s army
    as if it were a great forest,” says the Lord.
“There are more enemy soldiers than locusts;
    there are too many to count.
²⁴ The people of Egypt will be ashamed.
    They will be handed over to the enemy from the north.”