¹⁴ This is what the Lord says:

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. ²⁴ In that day^(W) Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria,^(X) a blessing^[b](Y) on the earth. ²⁵ The Lord Almighty will bless^(Z) them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people,^(AA) Assyria my handiwork,^(AB) and Israel my inheritance.^(AC)”

²⁷ So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian^[a](A) eunuch,^(B) an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,^{(C) 28} and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. ²⁹ The Spirit told^(D) Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”

³⁰ Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

³¹ “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

³² This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:

³⁴ The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” ³⁵ Then Philip began^(F) with that very passage of Scripture^(G) and told him the good news^(H) about Jesus.

³⁶ As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”^{(I) [37] [c] 38} And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. ³⁹ When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away,^(J) and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. ⁴⁰ Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns^(K) until he reached Caesarea.^(L)