12 “I will pass through(A) the land of Egypt on that night and strike every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. I am Yahweh; I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt.(B)

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12 I[a] will kindle a fire in the temples of Egypt’s gods,(A) and he will burn them and take them prisoner. He will clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks lice off[b] his garment,(B) and he will leave there unscathed.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 43:12 LXX, Syr, Vg read He
  2. Jeremiah 43:12 Or will wrap himself in the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in

You are provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands. You are burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to live for a while. As a result, you will be cut off and become an object of cursing and insult among all the nations of earth.(A)

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