20 “A beautiful (A)heifer is Egypt,
    but a biting fly (B)from the north has come upon her.
21 Even her hired soldiers in her midst
    are like (C)fattened calves;
yes, they have turned and fled together;
    they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
    (D)the time of their punishment.

22 “She makes (E)a sound like a serpent gliding away;
    for her enemies march in force
and come against her with axes
    (F)like those who fell trees.

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