¹⁵ And there will be nothing for Egypt
    that ^(A)head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do.

¹⁴ So the Lord cut off from Israel ^(A)head and tail,
    palm branch and reed in one day—
^15 (B)the elder and honored man is the head,
    and ^(C)the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;

¹⁷ Though the fig tree should not blossom,
    nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
    and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
    and there be no herd in the stalls,

²³ In all toil there is profit,
    but mere talk ^(A)tends only to poverty.

² You ^(A)shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
    you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.