Jeremiah 46:14-16

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁴ “Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol;
    proclaim in Memphis and Tah′panhes;
Say, ‘Stand ready and be prepared,
    for the sword shall devour round about you.’
¹⁵ Why has Apis fled?^[a]
    Why did not your bull stand?
    Because the Lord thrust him down.
¹⁶ Your multitude stumbled^[b] and fell,
    and they said one to another,
‘Arise, and let us go back to our own people
    and to the land of our birth,
    because of the sword of the oppressor.’