<p class="poetry">So I said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Oh, my dear people,<n id="2" /> put on sackclothp> <p class="poetry">and roll in ashes.p> <p class="poetry">Mourn with painful sobsp> <p class="poetry">as though you had lost your only child.p> <p class="poetry">For any moment now<n id="3" /> that destructive army<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">will come against us.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Pack your bags for exile,p> <p class="poetry">you inhabitants of poor dear Egypt.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For Memphis will be laid waste.p> <p class="poetry">It will lie in ruins<n id="2" /> and be uninhabited.p>