18 “As I live,” says the King,
aWhose name is the Lord of hosts,
“Surely as Tabor is among the mountains
And as Carmel by the sea, so he shall come.
aWhose name is the Lord of hosts,
“Surely as Tabor is among the mountains
And as Carmel by the sea, so he shall come.
19 O ayou daughter dwelling in Egypt,
Prepare yourself bto go into captivity!
For1 Noph shall be waste and desolate, without inhabitant.
Prepare yourself bto go into captivity!
For1 Noph shall be waste and desolate, without inhabitant.
21 Also her mercenaries are in her midst like1 fat bulls,
For they also are turned back,
They have fled away together.
They did not stand,
For athe day of their calamity had come upon them,
The time of their punishment.
For they also are turned back,
They have fled away together.
They did not stand,
For athe day of their calamity had come upon them,
The time of their punishment.
22 aHer noise shall go like a serpent,
For they shall march with an army
And come against her with axes,
Like those who chop wood.
For they shall march with an army
And come against her with axes,
Like those who chop wood.
23 “They shall acut down her forest,” says the Lord,
“Though it cannot be searched,
Because they are innumerable,
And more numerous than bgrasshoppers.
“Though it cannot be searched,
Because they are innumerable,
And more numerous than bgrasshoppers.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Robertson's Book Notes (NT)
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