12 I(a) will kindle a fire in the temples of Egypt’s gods,(A) and he will burn them and take them prisoner. He will clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks lice off(b) his garment,(B) and he will leave there unscathed. 13 He will smash the sacred pillars of the sun temple(c)(d) in the land of Egypt and burn down the temples of the Egyptian gods.”

Footnotes:

a. Jeremiah 43:12: LXX, Syr, Vg read He
b. Jeremiah 43:12: Or will wrap himself in the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in
c. Jeremiah 43:13: Or Beth-shemesh
d. Jeremiah 43:13: of Heliopolis

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