³⁰ Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing^(A) in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.

¹⁰ The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,^(A) and its kingdom was plunged into darkness.^(B) People gnawed their tongues in agony ¹¹ and cursed^(C) the God of heaven^(D) because of their pains and their sores,^(E) but they refused to repent of what they had done.^(F)

¹⁵ Then all the men who knew that their wives^(A) were burning incense^(B) to other gods, along with all the women^(C) who were present—a large assembly—and all the people living in Lower and Upper Egypt,^(D) said to Jeremiah, ¹⁶ “We will not listen^(E) to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord!^(F)

⁵ When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled,^(A) Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds^(B) about them and said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!”

²² In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful^(A) to the Lord. ²³ He offered sacrifices to the gods^(B) of Damascus, who had defeated him; for he thought, “Since the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.”^(C) But they were his downfall and the downfall of all Israel.^(D)