10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11 In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the ^lremnant that remains of his people, ^mfrom Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush,¹ from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.

2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the ^cvessels of the house of God. And he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god.

11 He said to me, “To the land of ^dShinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”