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,
⁷     to Egypt, whose help is utterly useless.^(H)
Therefore I call her
    Rahab^(I) the Do-Nothing.

⁸ 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)