¹⁸ Jerusalem^(A) and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin^(B) and an object of horror and scorn,^(C) a curse^[a](D)—as they are today;^{(E) 19} Pharaoh king^(F) of Egypt,^(G) his attendants, his officials and all his people, ²⁰ and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;^(H) all the kings of the Philistines^(I) (those of Ashkelon,^(J) Gaza,^(K) Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); ²¹ Edom,^(L) Moab^(M) and Ammon;^{(N) 22} all the kings of Tyre^(O) and Sidon;^(P) the kings of the coastlands^(Q) across the sea; ²³ Dedan,^(R) Tema,^(S) Buz^(T) and all who are in distant places^[b];^{(U) 24} all the kings of Arabia^(V) and all the kings of the foreign people^(W) who live in the wilderness; ²⁵ all the kings of Zimri,^(X) Elam^(Y) and Media;^{(Z) 26} and all the kings of the north,^(AA) near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms^(AB) on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak^[c](AC) will drink it too.

¹² I will make the land of Egypt desolate^(A) among devastated lands, and her cities will lie desolate forty years among ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.^(B)