⁸ It will pour into Judah,
flood over it, and sweep through,
reaching up to the neck;^(A)
and its spreading streams^[a]
will fill your entire land, Immanuel!^(B)

⁸ Egypt rises like the Nile,
and its waters churn like rivers.
He boasts, “I will go up, I will cover the earth;
I will destroy cities with their residents.”

⁴² The sea has risen over Babylon;^(A)
she is covered with its turbulent waves.