¹²He will set fire^l to the temples^m of the godsⁿ of Egypt; he will burn their temples and take their gods captive.^o As a shepherd picks^p his garment clean of lice, so he will pick Egypt clean and depart. ¹³There in the temple of the sun^b^q in Egypt he will demolish the sacred pillars^r and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’ ”

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Footnotes

bOr in Heliopolis

Cross references

lSee Jos 7:15
mSee 1 Ki 16:32
nver 13; See Ex 12:12; See Isa 2:18; Jer 46:25; Eze 30:13; Zec 13:2
o Da 11:8
pSee Ps 104:2; 109:18–19
qSee Ge 1:16; Isa 19:18 fn; See Dt 4:19
r Jer 52:17; Eze 26:11

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. And he shall clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd cleans his cloak of vermin, and he shall go away from there in peace. He shall break the obelisks of Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt, and the temples of the gods of Egypt he shall burn with fire.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will kindle a fire in the temples of Egypt’s gods, and he will burn them and take them captive. He will clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks lice off his clothes, and he will leave there unscathed. He will smash the sacred pillars of the sun temple in the land of Egypt and burn the temples of the Egyptian gods.’ ”

NLTNew Living Translation

He will set fire to the temples of Egypt’s gods; he will burn the temples and carry the idols away as plunder. He will pick clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks fleas from his cloak. And he himself will leave unharmed. He will break down the sacred pillars standing in the temple of the sun in Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of Egypt’s gods.’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then he will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. And he will wrap up the land of Egypt just as the shepherd wraps up his cloak. And he will go forth from there in peace. And he will break the stone pillars of Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt. And he will burn the temples of the gods of Egypt with fire.” ’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

And 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 putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.

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