¹⁸ “The Lord is righteous,^(A)
    yet I rebelled^(B) against his command.
Listen, all you peoples;
    look on my suffering.^(C)
My young men and young women
    have gone into exile.^(D)

¹⁷ The young men of Heliopolis^(A) and Bubastis
    will fall by the sword,
    and the cities themselves will go into captivity.

¹⁸ Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes^(A)
    when I break the yoke of Egypt;^(B)
    there her proud strength will come to an end.
She will be covered with clouds,
    and her villages will go into captivity.^(C)