⁷ therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
    the mighty floodwaters^(A) of the Euphrates—
    the king of Assyria^(B) with all his pomp.^(C)
It will overflow all its channels,
    run over all its banks^(D)

¹⁸ Now why go to Egypt^(A)
    to drink water from the Nile^[a]?^(B)
And why go to Assyria^(C)
    to drink water from the Euphrates?^(D)