14“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;
proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes:
‘Take your positions and prepare yourself,
for the sword devours those around you.’
15Why have your warriors been laid low?
They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.
16They continue to stumble;
indeed, they have fallen over one another.
They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people
and to the land of our birth,
away from the sword of the oppressor.’
— Jeremiah 46:14-16