Jer 43:12 | HCSB | STEP | I will kindle a fire in the temples of Egypt’s gods , and he will burn them and take them prisoner . He will clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks lice off his garment , and he will leave there unscathed .

b Ex 12:12; Isa 19:1; Jr 46:25; Ezk 30:13

Jeremiah 43:12

12 I ^{▼▼LXX, Syr, Vg read He} will kindle a fire in the temples of Egypt’s gods, ^b and he will burn them and take them prisoner. He will ^{▼▼clean: When something is clean, it is holy or acceptable to God. When it is unclean, it is unholy (such as an unclean spirit). The term can be used in a ritual sense to apply to moral standards for living.}clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks lice off ^{▼▼Or will wrap himself in the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in} his garment, ^e and he will leave there unscathed.