Yahweh continues telling his message.

## he will come ##

AT: "Nebuchadnezzar will come"

## Anyone who is assigned to death will be given to death ##

AT: "Everyone will die whom I have decided must die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## Anyone who is assigned to captivity will be taken captive ##

AT: "The Babylonians will take everyone captive whom I have decided must go into captivity" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## And anyone who is assigned to the sword will be given to the sword ##

AT: "Everyone will die in battle whom I have decided will die in battle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## He will clean out the land of Egypt just as shepherds clean vermin off their clothes ##

"He will take everything valuable from Egypt just as a shepherd is careful to get every insect off of his clothes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## Heliopolis  ##

the name of a city, "Sun City" (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])