KJVThe voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.
Its voice as a serpent goeth on, For with a force they go, And with axes they have come in to her, As hewers of trees.
Her voice shall go like a serpent's; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Jeremiah — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; 1. Qui fuit sermo Jehovae (ita ad verbum) ad Jeremiam Prophetam super cunctas Gentes: 2. Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar…