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Let not the swift flee away, nor the gibbor escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

Who is this that riseth like the Nile, whose mayim surge like the rivers?

Mitzrayim riseth up like the Nile, and his mayim surge like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover eretz (earth); I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.

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

“Who is this that rises like the Nile,
    like rivers of surging waters?(D)
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)

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