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16 Those soldiers will stumble again and again.
    They will fall over each other.
They will say, ‘Get up. Let’s go back
    to our own people and our homeland.
    We must get away from our enemy’s sword!’
17 In their homelands those soldiers will say,
    ‘The king of Egypt is only a lot of noise.
    His time of glory is over!’”

18 The King’s name is the Lord of heaven’s armies.
    He says, “As surely as I live,
a powerful leader will come.
    He will be strong as great Mount Tabor is higher than other mountains.
    He will be mighty as Mount Carmel is higher than the sea.

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16 They will stumble(A) repeatedly;
    they will fall(B) over each other.
They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back
    to our own people(C) and our native lands,
    away from the sword of the oppressor.’(D)
17 There they will exclaim,
    ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;(E)
    he has missed his opportunity.(F)

18 “As surely as I live,” declares the King,(G)
    whose name is the Lord Almighty,
“one will come who is like Tabor(H) among the mountains,
    like Carmel(I) by the sea.

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