Catholic Public Domain Version
"Her voice will sound out like brass. For they will rush forward with an army, and with axes they will come against her, like those who chop wood. "
— Jeremiah 46:22, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.”
“The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. ”
“The sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.”
“Egypt will run away, hissing like a snake, as the enemy comes marching up in force. They will come against her with axes as if they were woodsmen chopping down trees.”
“Her voice shall sound like brass, for they shall hasten with an army, and with axes they shall come against her, as hewers of wood.”
“She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with axes, like wood-cutters.”
“The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.”
Equip yourself for the transmigration, O daughter who inhabits Egypt. For Memphis will be in desolation, and it will be deserted and uninhabited.
Egypt is like a stately and finely-formed calf. The one who will goad her will come from the north.
Her hired hands also, who move within her midst, like fatted calves have been turned back, and they have fled at the same time, and they are not able to stand firm. For the day of their passing away has overwhelmed them; it is the time of their visitation.
Her voice will sound out like brass. For they will rush forward with an army, and with axes they will come against her, like those who chop wood.
They have cut down her forest, says the Lord, which was not able to be counted. They have been multiplied more than locusts, and they are without number.
The daughter of Egypt has been confounded, and she has been delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: Behold, I will visit against the tumult of Alexandria, and against Pharaoh, and against Egypt, and against her gods, and against her kings, and against Pharaoh, and against those who trust in him.