¹⁰ His kingdom started with Babylon,^(A) Erech,^[a] Accad,^[b] and Calneh,^[c] in the land of Shinar.^[d](B)

² As people^[a] migrated from the east,^[b] they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.^(A)

¹¹ On that day^(A) the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover—from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coasts and islands of the west—the remnant of His people who survive.^(B)

¹¹ “To build a shrine for it in the land of Shinar,”^(A) he told me. “When that is ready, the basket will be placed there on its pedestal.”