Jeremiah 43:9–13

⁹“Take large stones in your hand, and hide them in the sight of the men of Judah, in the ²clay in the brick courtyard which is at the entrance to Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes; ¹⁰and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will send and bring Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, ^kMy servant, and will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden. And he will spread his royal pavilion over them. ^11lWhen he comes, he shall strike the land of Egypt and deliver to death ^mthose appointed for death, and to captivity those appointed for captivity, and to the sword those appointed for the sword. ¹²³I will kindle a fire in the houses of ⁿthe gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. And he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment, and he shall go out from there in peace. ¹³He shall also break the sacred pillars of ⁴Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire.” ’ ”