¹⁴ I will destroy southern Egypt,^[a]
    set fire to Zoan,
    and bring judgment against Thebes.^[b]

⁴³ They did not remember his miraculous signs in Egypt,
    his wonders on the plain of Zoan.

¹² the miracles he did for their ancestors
    on the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.

⁸ Are you any better than the city of Thebes,^[a]
    situated on the Nile River, surrounded by water?
She was protected by the river on all sides,
    walled in by water.

¹¹ What fools are the officials of Zoan!
    Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong.
Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom?
    Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?

¹¹ In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time
    to bring back the remnant of his people—
those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt;
    in southern Egypt, Ethiopia,^[a] and Elam;
    in Babylonia,^[b] Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.