⁵ Out in the sea^(A) she will become a place to spread fishnets,^(B) for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She will become plunder^(C) for the nations,^(D)

¹⁹ Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king^(A) of Babylon, and he will carry off its wealth. He will loot and plunder^(B) the land as pay for his army.^(C)

¹⁰ Fishermen^(A) will stand along the shore; from En Gedi^(B) to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets.^(C) The fish will be of many kinds^(D)—like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea.^(E)

¹⁹ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I make you a desolate city, like cities no longer inhabited, and when I bring the ocean depths^(A) over you and its vast waters cover you,^(B)

⁷ therefore I will stretch out my hand^(A) against you and give you as plunder^(B) to the nations. I will wipe you out from among the nations and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy^(C) you, and you will know that I am the Lord.^(D)’”

¹⁴ I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread fishnets. You will never be rebuilt,^(A) for I the Lord have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.