⁴ he cropped·​·off the head of its tender·​·branches, and brought it to^▵ a land of commerce^*; he set it in a city of merchants.

⁶ Behold, thou trustest on the staff of this fractured reed, on Egypt; upon which, if a man^◦ be supported, it will come into the palm of his hand and puncture it; such is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all that trust on him.