They traveled from Etham, and turned again to Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-Zephon; and they camped before Migdal.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> spoke to Jeremiah concerning<n id="1" /> all the Judeans who were living in the land of Egypt, those in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and in the region of southern Egypt.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Make an announcement throughout Egypt.p> <p class="poetry">Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Take your positions and prepare to do battle.p> <p class="poetry">For the enemy army is destroying all the nations around you.&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

I am against<n id="1" /> you and your waterways. I will turn the land of Egypt into an utter desolate ruin from Migdol<n id="2" /> to Syene,<n id="3" /> as far as the border with Ethiopia.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">Egypt&#8217;s supporters will fall;p> <p class="poetry">her confident pride will crumble.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">From Migdol to Syene<n id="2" /> they will die by the sword within her,p> <p class="poetry">declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

&#8220;Tell the Israelites that they must turn and camp<n id="1" /> before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you are to camp by the sea before Baal Zephon opposite it.<n id="2" />