⁹ “Take large stones in your hand, and hide them in the sight of the men of Judah, in the ^[a]clay in the brick courtyard which is at the entrance to Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes; ¹⁰ and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will send and bring Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, ^(A)My servant, and will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden. And he will spread his royal pavilion over them. ^11 (B)When he comes, he shall strike the land of Egypt and deliver to death ^(C)those appointed for death, and to captivity those appointed for captivity, and to the sword those appointed for the sword. ^12 [b]I will kindle a fire in the houses of ^(D)the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. And he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment, and he shall go out from there in peace. ¹³ He shall also break the sacred pillars of ^[c]Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire.” ’ ”