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12 I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt and he shall burn them and carry them away captives. And he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment, and he shall depart from there in peace. 13 He shall also break the images of Heliopolis that is in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire.

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12 He will set fire(A) to the temples(B) of the gods(C) of Egypt; he will burn their temples and take their gods captive.(D) As a shepherd picks(E) his garment clean of lice, so he will pick Egypt clean and depart. 13 There in the temple of the sun[a](F) in Egypt he will demolish the sacred pillars(G) and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 43:13 Or in Heliopolis