⁶ “The swift cannot flee^(A)
    nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates^(B)
    they stumble and fall.^(C)

⁷ “Who is this that rises like the Nile,
    like rivers of surging waters?^(D)
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,^(E)
    like rivers of surging waters.
She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;
    I will destroy cities and their people.’^(F)