For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the (A)unassailable city;
(B)He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.

Read full chapter

He humbles those who dwell on high,
    he lays the lofty city low;
he levels it to the ground(A)
    and casts it down to the dust.(B)

Read full chapter

13 He will also smash to pieces the [a]obelisks of [b]Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.”’”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 43:13 Or stone pillars
  2. Jeremiah 43:13 Heb Beth-shemesh; i.e., the house of the sun-god

13 There in the temple of the sun[a](A) in Egypt he will demolish the sacred pillars(B) and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 43:13 Or in Heliopolis