Jeremiah 43:10-13

Contemporary English Version

¹⁰ Then tell them that I, the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, have sent for my servant, Nebuchadnezzar^[a] of Babylonia. I will bring him here and have him set up his throne and his royal tent over these stones that I told you to bury. ¹¹ He will attack Egypt and kill many of its people; others will die of disease or be dragged away as prisoners. ^12-13 I will let him set Egypt's temples on fire, and he will either burn or carry off their idols. He will destroy the sacred monuments at the temple of the sun-god.^[b] Then Nebuchadnezzar will pick the land clean, just like a shepherd picking the lice off his clothes. And he will return safely home.