⁶ I will make it a wasteland,^(A)
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns^(B) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain^(C) on it.”

¹⁶ Also, the men of Memphis^(A) and Tahpanhes^(B)
    have cracked your skull.

“‘I will destroy the idols^(A)
    and put an end to the images in Memphis.^(B)
No longer will there be a prince in Egypt,^(C)
    and I will spread fear throughout the land.

¹⁶ I will set fire^(A) to Egypt;
    Pelusium will writhe in agony.
Thebes will be taken by storm;
    Memphis^(B) will be in constant distress.

¹³ Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,
    and though they eat^(A) the meat,
    the Lord is not pleased with them.^(B)
Now he will remember^(C) their wickedness
    and punish their sins:^(D)
    They will return to Egypt.^(E)

⁸ The high places^(A) of wickedness^[a](B) will be destroyed—
    it is the sin of Israel.
Thorns^(C) and thistles will grow up
    and cover their altars.^(D)
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”^(E)
    and to the hills, “Fall on us!”^(F)