I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar and his army. But I also promise that Egypt will someday have people living here again, just as it had before. I, the LORD, have spoken.
I will put the Egyptians under the power of a cruel, heartless king. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have promised this."
I will hand over King Hophra of Egypt to those who want to kill him, just as I handed Zedekiah over to Nebuchadnezzar, who wanted to kill him.
Yet someday, I will bring your people back home. I, the LORD, have spoken.
But I promise that someday I will bring your people back to their land.
The king of Babylonia is coming to attack you, king of Egypt!
In the future, I will rebuild David's fallen kingdom. I will build it from its ruins and set it up again, just as it used to be.