[1] The word of the LORD came to me: [2] "Son of man, prophesy, and say,
Thus says the Lord GOD: "Wail, `Alas for the day!' [3] For the day is near,
the day of the LORD is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for
the nations. [4] A sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in
Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt, and her wealth is carried away, and
her foundations are torn down. [5] Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all
Arabia, and Libya, and the people of the land that is in league, shall fall
with them by the sword. [6] "Thus says the LORD: Those who support Egypt
shall fall, and her proud might shall come down; from Migdol to Syene they
shall fall within her by the sword, says the Lord GOD. [7] And she shall be
desolated in the midst of desolated countries and her cities shall be in
the midst of cities that are laid waste. [8] Then they will know that I am
the LORD, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken.
[9] "On that day swift messengers shall go forth from me to terrify the
unsuspecting Ethiopians; and anguish shall come upon them on the day of
Egypt's doom; for, lo, it comes! [10] "Thus says the Lord GOD: I will put
an end to the wealth of Egypt, by the hand of Nebuchadrez'zar king of
Babylon. [11] He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations,
shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords
against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. [12] And I will dry up the
Nile, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men; I will bring
desolation upon the land and everything in it, by the hand of foreigners;
I, the LORD, have spoken. [13] "Thus says the Lord GOD: I will destroy the
idols, and put an end to the images, in Memphis; there shall no longer be a
prince in the land of Egypt; so I will put fear in the land of Egypt. [14]
I will make Pathros a desolation, and will set fire to Zo'an, and will
execute acts of judgment upon Thebes. [15] And I will pour my wrath upon
Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the multitude of Thebes.
[16] And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes
shall be breached, and its walls broken down. [17] The young men of On and
of Pibe'seth shall fall by the sword; and the women shall go into
captivity. [18] At Tehaph'nehes the day shall be dark, when I break there
the dominion of Egypt, and her proud might shall come to an end; she shall
be covered by a cloud, and her daughters shall go into captivity. [19] Thus
I will execute acts of judgment upon Egypt. Then they will know that I am
the LORD." [20] In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh
day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: [21] "Son of man, I have
broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and lo, it has not been bound up,
to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to
wield the sword. [22] Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am
against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong arm
and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.
[23] I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them
throughout the lands. [24] And 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 him like a man mortally wounded. [25] I
will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh
shall fall; and they shall know that I am the LORD. When I put my sword
into the hand of the king of Babylon, he shall stretch it out against the
land of Egypt; [26] and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and
disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the
LORD."