² And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

¹⁰ Then say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will send for my servant^(A) Nebuchadnezzar^(B) king of Babylon, and I will set his throne^(C) over these stones I have buried here; he will spread his royal canopy^(D) above them. ¹¹ He will come and attack Egypt,^(E) bringing death^(F) to those destined^(G) for death, captivity to those destined for captivity,^(H) and the sword to those destined for the sword.^(I)

²⁷ For I am watching^(A) over them for harm,^(B) not for good; the Jews in Egypt will perish^(C) by sword and famine^(D) until they are all destroyed.^(E)