For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the (A)unassailable city;
(B)He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.

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He humbles those who dwell on high,
    he lays the lofty city low;
he levels it to the ground(A)
    and casts it down to the dust.(B)

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For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

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13 He will also smash to pieces the [a]obelisks of [b]Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 43:13 Or stone pillars
  2. Jeremiah 43:13 Heb Beth-shemesh; i.e., the house of the sun-god

13 There in the temple of the sun[a](A) in Egypt he will demolish the sacred pillars(B) and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 43:13 Or in Heliopolis

13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.

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