NASB
""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."
— Jeremiah 46:23, NASB
“They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.”
“They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable. ”
“They shall cut down her forest, says Yahweh, though it can't be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.”
“The population of Egypt is like a vast, impenetrable forest. But I, the LORD, affirm that the enemy will cut them down. For those who chop them down will be more numerous than locusts. They will be too numerous to count.”
“They have cut down her forest, saith the Lord, which cannot be counted: they are multiplied above locusts, and are without number.”
“They will be cutting down her woods, for they may not be searched out; because they are like locusts, more than may be numbered.”
“They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.”
"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.
"I shall give them over to the power of those who are seeking their lives, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his officers. Afterwards, however, it will be inhabited as in the days of old," declares the LORD.