¹⁰ “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

²⁴ I will strengthen^(A) the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword^(B) in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan^(C) before him like a mortally wounded man. ²⁵ I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I put my sword^(D) into the hand of the king of Babylon and he brandishes it against Egypt.^(E)

¹¹ “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

¹³ This is the message the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon^(A) to attack Egypt:^(B)