Here ends the judgment on Moab.

⁵³ “‘However, I will restore^(A) the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and of Samaria and her daughters, and your fortunes along with them,^(B)

²⁶ I will give them into the hands^(A) of those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar king^(B) of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited^(C) as in times past,” declares the Lord.

¹⁸ Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the Lord;^(A) they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the Lord,^(B) for abundant food and fine clothes.^(C)

¹⁸ In that day^(A) five cities^(B) in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance^(C) to the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.^[a](D)

¹⁹ In that day^(E) there will be an altar^(F) to the Lord in the heart of Egypt,^(G) and a monument^(H) to the Lord at its border. ²⁰ It will be a sign and witness^(I) to the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior^(J) and defender, and he will rescue^(K) them. ²¹ So the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge^(L) the Lord. They will worship^(M) with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and keep them.^{(N) 22} The Lord will strike^(O) Egypt with a plague;^(P) he will strike them and heal them. They will turn^(Q) to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal^(R) them.

²³ In that day^(S) there will be a highway^(T) from Egypt to Assyria.^(U) The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship^(V) together.