A prophecy(A) concerning the animals of the Negev:(B)

Through a land of hardship and distress,(C)
    of lions(D) and lionesses,
    of adders and darting snakes,(E)
the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’(F) backs,
    their treasures(G) on the humps of camels,
to that unprofitable nation,
    to Egypt, whose help is utterly useless.(H)
Therefore I call her
    Rahab(I) the Do-Nothing.

Go now, write it on a tablet(J) for them,
    inscribe it on a scroll,(K)
that for the days to come
    it may be an everlasting witness.(L)

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