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1 The
LORD’s word came
again to me,
saying,
2 “Son
of man, prophesy,
and say, ‘The Lord
GOD says:
“Wail, ‘Alas for
the day!’
3 For
the day is
near,
even the LORD’s
day is near.
It will be
a day of
clouds,
a time of
the nations.
4 A
sword will come
on Egypt,
and anguish will
be in Ethiopia,
when the slain
fall in Egypt.
They take away
her multitude,
and her
foundations are
broken down.
5 “ ‘ “Ethiopia,
Put, Lud, all
the mixed people,
Cub, and the
children of
the land that is
allied with them,
will fall with
them by the
sword.”
6 “ ‘The
LORD says:
“They also who
uphold Egypt will
fall.
The pride of
her power will
come down.
They will fall
by the sword
in it from
the tower
of Seveneh,”
says the Lord
GOD.
7 “They
will be desolate
in the middle
of the countries
that are desolate.
Her cities will
be among the
cities that are
wasted.
8 They
will know that
I am the
LORD
when I have
set a fire in
Egypt,
and all her
helpers are
destroyed.
9 “ ‘ “In
that day
messengers will go
out from before
me in ships
to make
the careless Ethiopians
afraid. There will
be anguish on
them, as in
the day of
Egypt; for, behold,
it comes.”
10 “ ‘The
Lord GOD says:
“I will also
make the multitude
of Egypt to
cease,
by the hand
of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon.
11 He
and his people
with him,
the terrible of
the nations,
will be brought
in to destroy
the land.
They will draw
their swords
against Egypt,
and fill the land
with the slain.
12 I
will make the
rivers dry,
and will sell
the land into
the hand of
evil men.
I will make
the land desolate,
and all that
is therein,
by the hand
of foreigners.
I, the LORD,
have spoken it.”
13 “ ‘The
Lord GOD says:
“I will
also destroy the
idols,
and I will
cause the images
to cease from
Memphis.
There will be
no more a
prince from
the land of Egypt.
I will put
a fear in
the land of Egypt.
14 I
will make Pathros
desolate,
and will set
a fire in Zoan,
and will execute
judgments on No.
15 I
will pour my
wrath on Sin,
the stronghold of
Egypt.
I will cut
off the multitude
of No.
16 I
will set a fire
in Egypt
Sin will be
in great anguish.
No will be
broken up.
Memphis will have
adversaries in the
daytime.
17 The young
men of Aven and
of Pibeseth will
fall by the
sword.
They will go
into captivity.
18 At
Tehaphnehes also
the day
will withdraw itself,
when I break
the yokes of
Egypt there.
The pride of
her power will
cease in her.
As for her,
a cloud will
cover her,
and her daughters
will go into
captivity.
19 Thus I
will execute
judgments on Egypt.
Then they will
know that I
am the LORD.” ’ ”
20 In
the eleventh year,
in the first
month, in the
seventh day of
the month, the
LORD’s word came
to me, saying,
21 “Son
of man, I
have broken the
arm of Pharaoh
king of Egypt.
Behold, it has
not been bound
up, to apply
medicines, to put
a bandage to
bind it, that
it may become
strong to hold
the sword.
22 Therefore
the Lord GOD
says: ‘Behold, I
am against Pharaoh
king of Egypt,
and will break
his arms, the
strong arm, and
that which was
broken. I will
cause the sword
to fall out
of his hand.
23 I
will scatter the
Egyptians among the
nations, and will
disperse them
through the countries.
24 I
will strengthen
the arms of
the king
of Babylon, and
put my sword
in his hand;
but I will
break the arms
of Pharaoh, and
he will groan
before the king
of Babylon with
the groaning of
a mortally wounded
man.
25 I
will hold up
the arms of
the king
of Babylon, but
the arms of
Pharaoh will fall
down. Then they
will know that
I am the
LORD when I
put my sword
into the hand
of the king
of Babylon, and he
stretches it out
on the land of
Egypt.
26 I
will scatter the
Egyptians among the
nations and
disperse them
through the countries.
Then they will
know that I
am the LORD.’ ”