¹⁰ The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon,^(A) Uruk,^(B) Akkad and Kalneh,^(C) in^[a] Shinar.^[b](D)

² As people moved eastward,^[a] they found a plain in Shinar^[b](A) and settled there.

¹¹ In that day^(A) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant^(B) of his people from Assyria,^(C) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,^(D) from Cush,^[a](E) from Elam,^(F) from Babylonia,^[b] from Hamath^(G) and from the islands^(H) of the Mediterranean.^(I)

¹¹ He replied, “To the country of Babylonia^[a](A) to build a house^(B) for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.”^(C)