¹The LORD ’s word came again to me , saying ,

²“Son of man , prophesy , and say, ‘The Lord GOD says :

“Wail , ‘Alas for the day !’

³For the day is near ,

even the LORD ’s day is near .

It will be a day of clouds ,

a time of the nations .

⁴A 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 amongst the cities that are wasted .

⁸They 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.

¹¹He 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 .

¹²I 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 .

¹⁴I will make Pathros desolate ,

and will set a fire in Zoan ,

and will execute judgements on No .

¹⁵I will pour my wrath on Sin ,

the stronghold of Egypt .

I will cut off the multitude of No .

¹⁶I will set a fire in Egypt

Sin will be in great anguish .

No will be broken up .

Memphis will have adversaries in the daytime .

¹⁷The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth will fall by the sword .

They will go into captivity .

¹⁸At 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 .

¹⁹Thus I will execute judgements on Egypt .

Then they will know that I am the LORD .”’”

²⁰In 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 .

²²Therefore 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 .

²³I will scatter the Egyptians amongst the nations , and will disperse them through the countries.

²⁴I 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 .

²⁵I 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 .

²⁶I will scatter the Egyptians amongst the nations and disperse them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD .’”