⁵ Those who trusted^(A) in Cush^(B) and boasted in Egypt^(C) will be dismayed and put to shame.^{(D) 6} In that day^(E) the people who live on this coast will say, ‘See what has happened^(F) to those we relied on,^(G) those we fled to for help^(H) and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?^(I)’”

¹⁸ This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and wrath^(A) have been poured out on those who lived in Jerusalem,^(B) so will my wrath be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You will be a curse^[a](C) and an object of horror,^(D) a curse^[b] and an object of reproach;^(E) you will never see this place again.’^(F)

²² So now, be sure of this: You will die by the sword, famine^(A) and plague^(B) in the place where you want to go to settle.”^(C)