19 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says, ‘Here I am giving the land of Egypt to King Neb·u·chad·nezʹzar* of Babylon,+ and he will carry off its wealth and take much spoil and plunder from it; and it will become wages for his army.’

20 “‘As compensation for his labor against her,* I will give him the land of Egypt because they acted for me,’+ declares the Sovereign Lord Jehovah.