²⁸ Those who escape the sword^(A) and return to the land of Judah from Egypt will be very few.^(B) Then the whole remnant^(C) of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know whose word will stand^(D)—mine or theirs.^(E)

²⁹ “‘This will be the sign^(F) to you that I will punish^(G) you in this place,’ declares the Lord, ‘so that you will know that my threats of harm against you will surely stand.’^{(H) 30} This is what the Lord says: ‘I am going to deliver Pharaoh^(I) Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who want to kill him, just as I gave Zedekiah^(J) king of Judah into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who wanted to kill him.’”^(K)