¹⁸In that day^l five cities^m in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegianceⁿ to the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.^a^o

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Footnotes

aSome manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Symmachus and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text City of Destruction

Cross references

lSee Isa 10:20
m Jer 44:1
n Ps 22:27; See 63:11; Isa 48:1; Jer 4:2; Zep 3:9
o Isa 17:1; 24:12; 32:19; fn Jer 43:13

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of these will be called the City of Destruction.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

On that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear loyalty to the Lord of Armies. One of the cities will be called the City of the Sun.

NLTNew Living Translation

In that day five of Egypt’s cities will follow the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. They will even begin to speak Hebrew, the language of Canaan. One of these cities will be Heliopolis, the City of the Sun.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

On that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear an oath to Yahweh of hosts. One will be called “City of the Sun.”

KJV 1900King James Version

In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt

Speak the language of Canaan,

And swear to the Lord of hosts;

One shall be called, The city of destruction.

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