The 1 aoracle concerning bEgypt
. Behold
, the LORD
is criding
on a swift
cloud
and is about to come
to Egypt
; The didols
of Egypt
will tremble
at His presence
, And the eheart
of the Egyptians
will melt
within
them.
"So I will incite Egyptians
against Egyptians
; And they will aeach
fight
against his brother
and each
against his neighbor
, City
against city
and kingdom
against kingdom
.
"Then the spirit of the Egyptians
will be demoralized
within
them; And I will confound
their strategy
, So that athey will resort
to idols
and ghosts
of the dead
And to 1mediums
and spiritists
.
"Moreover, I will deliver the Egyptians
into the hand
of a acruel
master
, And a 1mighty
king
will rule
over them," declares
the Lord
2GOD
of hosts
.
aThe waters from the sea
will dry
up, And the river
will be parched
and dry
.
The 1 acanals will emit
a stench
, The 2 bstreams
of Egypt
will thin
out and dry
up; cThe reeds
and rushes
will rot
away
.
The bulrushes by the aNile
, by the 1edge
of the Nile
And all
the sown
fields
by the Nile
Will become
dry
, be driven
away
, and be no
more
.
And the afishermen will lament
, And all
those who cast
a 1line
into the Nile
will mourn
, And those who spread
nets
on the waters
will 2pine
away
.
Moreover, the manufacturers of linen
made from combed
flax
And the weavers
of white
acloth
will be 1utterly
dejected
.
And 1the apillars of Egypt will be crushed
; All
the hired
laborers
will be grieved
in soul
.
The princes of 1 aZoan
are mere
fools
; The advice
of Pharaoh's
wisest
advisers
has become
2stupid
. How
can you men say
to Pharaoh
, "I am a son
of the bwise
, a son
of ancient
kings
"?
Well then
, where
are your wise
men
? Please
let them tell
you, And let them 1understand
what
the LORD
of hosts
Has apurposed
against
Egypt
.
The princes of 1Zoan
have acted
foolishly
, The princes
of aMemphis
are deluded
; Those who are the bcornerstone
of her tribes
Have 2led
Egypt
astray
.
The LORD has mixed
within
her a spirit
of adistortion
; bThey have led
Egypt
astray
in all
1that it does
, As a cdrunken
man
2staggers
in his vomit
.
There will be no work
for Egypt
aWhich
its head
or tail
, its palm
branch
or bulrush
, may do
.
In that day the Egyptians
will become
like women
, and they will tremble
and be in adread
because
of the bwaving
of the hand
of the LORD
of hosts
, which
He is going to wave
over
them.
The land of Judah
will become
a 1terror
to Egypt
; everyone
2to whom
it is mentioned
will be in dread
of it, because
of the apurpose
of the LORD
of hosts
which
He is purposing
against
them.
In that day five
cities
in the land
of Egypt
will be speaking
the language
of Canaan
and aswearing
allegiance to the LORD
of hosts
; one
will be called
the City
of 1Destruction
.
In that day there will be an aaltar
to the LORD
in the midst
of the land
of Egypt
, and a bpillar
to the LORD
near
its border
.
It will become a sign
and a witness
to the LORD
of hosts
in the land
of Egypt
; for they will cry
to the LORD
because
of oppressors
, and He will send
them a aSavior
and a 1 bChampion
, and He will deliver
them.
Thus the LORD will make
Himself known
to Egypt
, and the Egyptians
will know
the LORD
in that day
. They will even worship
with asacrifice
and offering
, and will make
a vow
to the LORD
and perform
it.
The LORD will strike
Egypt
, striking
but ahealing
; so they will breturn
to the LORD
, and He will respond
to them and will heal
them.
In that day there will be a ahighway
from Egypt
to Assyria
, and the Assyrians
will come
into Egypt
and the Egyptians
into Assyria
, and the Egyptians
will bworship
with the Assyrians
.
In that day Israel
will be the third
party with Egypt
and Assyria
, a blessing
in the midst
of the earth
,
whom the LORD
of hosts
has blessed
, saying
, "Blessed
is aEgypt
My people
, and Assyria
bthe work
of My hands
, and Israel
My inheritance
."