²⁸ Those who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah only few in number,^(A) and the whole remnant of Judah, the ones going to the land of Egypt to live there for a while, will know whose word stands, Mine or theirs! ²⁹ This will be a sign to you’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘that I am about to punish you in this place, so you may know that My words of disaster concerning you will certainly come to pass.^{(B) 30} This is what the Lord says: I am about to hand over Pharaoh Hophra,^(C) Egypt’s king, to his enemies, to those who want to take his life, just as I handed over Judah’s King Zedekiah^(D) to Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar, who was his enemy, the one who wanted to take his life.’”