NASB
""Its sound moves along like a serpent; For they move on like an army And come to her as woodcutters with axes."
— Jeremiah 46:22, NASB
“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.”
"Make your baggage ready for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt, For Memphis will become a desolation; It will even be burned down and bereft of inhabitants.
"Egypt is a pretty heifer, But a horsefly is coming from the north--it is coming!
"Also her mercenaries in her midst Are like fattened calves, For even they too have turned back and have fled away together; They did not stand their ground. For the day of their calamity has come upon them, The time of their punishment.
"Its sound moves along like a serpent; For they move on like an army And come to her as woodcutters with axes.
"They have cut down her forest," declares the LORD; "Surely it will no more be found, Even though they are now more numerous than locusts And are without number.
"The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame, Given over to the power of the people of the north."
The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says, "Behold, I am going to punish Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt along with her gods and her kings, even Pharaoh and those who trust in him.