⁵ Then they will be ^(A)dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their ^(B)boast. ⁶ So the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we fled ^(C)for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and we, ^(D)how shall we escape?’”

⁶ Behold, you rely on the ^(A)staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his ^[a]hand and pierce it. ^(B)So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.

¹⁸ For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “As My ^(A)anger and wrath have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My wrath will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. And you will become a ^(B)curse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach; and ^(C)you will see this place no more.”

²² Therefore you should now clearly understand that you will ^(A)die by the sword, by famine and by pestilence, in the ^(B)place where you wish to go to reside.