Or, They have cut down her forest, says Yahweh, for it is impenetrable, that is, just as a pathless forest must be cleared to assist agric…

He continues here with the same subject. He indeed uses the past tense, but we know that this was commonly done by the Prophets. He compares the pe…

They shall cut down her forest, says the Lord
The land of Egypt, compared to a forest, for the multitude of its citi…

Those who encroached on others, shall now themselves be encroached upon. Egypt is now like a very fair heifer, not accustomed to the yoke of subjec…