⁷ The king of Egypt^(A) did not march out from his own country again, because the king of Babylon^(B) had taken all his territory, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

⁶ In that day^(A) the people who live on this coast will say, ‘See what has happened^(B) to those we relied on,^(C) those we fled to for help^(D) and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?^(E)’”

¹⁹ Pharaoh king^(A) of Egypt,^(B) his attendants, his officials and all his people,

⁷ “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire^(A) of me, ‘Pharaoh’s army, which has marched^(B) out to support you, will go back to its own land, to Egypt.^(C)

² Concerning Egypt:^(A)

This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho^(B) king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish^(C) on the Euphrates^(D) River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim^(E) son of Josiah king of Judah: