Egypt and Her Allies Will Fall
1 The word of theLordcame to me again, saying,
2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the LordGod:
# “Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’
3 Forthe dayisnear,
Even the day of theLordisnear;
It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.
4 The sword shall come upon Egypt,
And great anguish shall be in Ethiopia,
When the slain fall in Egypt,
# And theytake away her wealth,
# Andher foundations are broken down.
5 “Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia,all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword.”
6 ‘Thus says theLord:
“Those who uphold Egypt shall fall,
And the pride of her power shall come down.
# From MigdoltoSyene
Those within her shall fall by the sword,”
Says the LordGod.
7 “Theyshall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries,
And her cities shall be in the midst of the citiesthatarelaid waste.
8 Then they will know that IamtheLord,
When I have set a fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are destroyed.
9 On that daymessengers shall go forth from Me in ships
To make the careless Ethiopians afraid,
And great anguish shall come upon them,
As on the day of Egypt;
For indeed it is coming!”
10 ‘Thus says the LordGod:
# “I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease
By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him,the most terrible of the nations,
Shall be brought to destroy the land;
They shall draw their swords against Egypt,
And fill the land with the slain.
12 I will make the rivers dry,
# Andsell the land into the hand of the wicked;
I will make the land waste, and all that is in it,
By the hand of aliens.
I, theLord, have spoken.”
13 ‘Thus says the LordGod:
# “I will alsodestroy the idols,
And cause the images to cease from Noph;
# There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt;
# I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14 I will makePathros desolate,
# Set fire toZoan,
# And execute judgments in No.
15 I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt;
# I will cut off the multitude of No,
16 Andset a fire in Egypt;
Sin shall have great pain,
No shall be split open,
And Nophshallbeindistress daily.
17 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword,
And thesecitiesshall go into captivity.
18 At Tehaphnehes the day shall also be darkened,
When I break the yokes of Egypt there.
And her arrogant strength shall cease in her;
As for her, a cloud shall cover her,
And her daughters shall go into captivity.
19 Thus I willexecute judgments on Egypt,
Then they shall know that IamtheLord.” ’ ”
Proclamation Against Pharaoh
20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the firstmonth,on the seventhdayof the month,thatthe word of theLordcame to me, saying,
21 “Son of man, I havebroken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see,it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword.
22 Therefore thus says the LordGod: ‘Surely Iamagainst Pharaoh king of Egypt, and willbreak his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall out of his hand.
23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries.
24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally woundedman.
25 Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down;they shall know that IamtheLord, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that IamtheLord.’ ”