Jeremiah 46:14-16

New Catholic Bible

¹⁴ Announce it in Egypt and proclaim it in Migdol;
    proclaim it also in Noph and Tahpanhes.
Say, “Take your stations and be prepared,
    for the sword will devour those around you.”
¹⁵ Why have your warriors been laid low?
    They were unable to stand
    because the Lord has thrust them down.
¹⁶ They stumbled and fell,
    and then they said to one another,
“Come, let us return to our own people
    and to the land of our birth,
    far from the swords of our oppressors.”