12 ‘For I (A)will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and (B)against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: (C)I am the Lord.

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12 [a]I will kindle a fire in the houses of (A)the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. And he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment, and he shall go out from there in peace.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 43:12 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. He

13 He shall also break the sacred pillars of [a]Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire.” ’ ”

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  1. Jeremiah 43:13 Lit. House of the Sun, ancient On, later called Heliopolis

13 ‘Thus says the Lord God:

“I will also (A)destroy the idols,
And cause the images to cease from [a]Noph;
(B)There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt;
(C)I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

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  1. Ezekiel 30:13 Ancient Memphis

11 The Lord will be awesome to them,
For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth;
(A)People shall worship Him,
Each one from his place,
Indeed all (B)the shores of the nations.

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