The word of the LORD
came again unto me, saying
,
Son of man
, prophesy
and say
, Thus saith
the Lord
GOD
; Howl
ye, Woe worth
the day
!
For the day is near
, even the day
of the LORD
is near
, a cloudy
day
; it shall be the time
of the heathen
.
And the sword shall come
upon Egypt
, and great pain
shall be in Ethiopia
, when the slain
shall fall
in Egypt
, and they shall take away
her multitude
, and her foundations
shall be broken down
.
Ethiopia, and Libya
, and Lydia
, and all the mingled
people, and Chub
, and the men
of the land
that is in league
, shall fall
with them by the sword
.
Thus saith the LORD
; They also that uphold
Egypt
shall fall
; and the pride
of her power
shall come down
: from the tower
of Syene
shall they fall
in it by the sword
, saith
the Lord
GOD
.
And they shall be desolate in the midst
of the countries
that are desolate
, and her cities
shall be in the midst
of the cities
that are wasted
.
And they shall know that I am the LORD
, when I have set
a fire
in Egypt
, and when all her helpers
shall be destroyed
.
In that day shall messengers
go forth
from me
in ships
to make the careless
Ethiopians
afraid
, and great pain
shall come upon them, as in the day
of Egypt
: for, lo, it cometh
.
Thus saith the Lord
GOD
; I will also make the multitude
of Egypt
to cease
by the hand
of Nebuchadrezzar
king
of Babylon
.
He and his people with him, the terrible
of the nations
, shall be brought
to destroy
the land
: and they shall draw
their swords
against Egypt
, and fill
the land
with the slain
.
And I will make the rivers
dry
, and sell
the land
into the hand
of the wicked
: and I will make the land
waste
, and all that is therein
, by the hand
of strangers
: I the LORD
have spoken
it .
Thus saith the Lord
GOD
; I will also destroy
the idols
, and I will cause their images
to cease
out of Noph
; and there shall be no more a prince
of the land
of Egypt
: and I will put
a fear
in the land
of Egypt
.
And I will make Pathros desolate
, and will set
fire
in Zoan
, and will execute
judgments
in No
.
And I will pour my fury
upon Sin
, the strength
of Egypt
; and I will cut off
the multitude
of No
.
And I will set fire
in Egypt
: Sin
shall have great
pain
, and No
shall be rent asunder
, and Noph
shall have distresses
daily
.
The young men of Aven
and of Pibeseth
shall fall
by the sword
: and these cities shall go
into captivity
.
At Tehaphnehes also the day
shall be darkened
, when I shall break
there the yokes
of Egypt
: and the pomp
of her strength
shall cease
in her
: as for her, a cloud
shall cover
her, and her daughters
shall go
into captivity
.
Thus will I execute judgments
in Egypt
: and they shall know
that I am the LORD
.
And it came to pass in the eleventh year
, in the first
month , in the seventh
day of the month
, that the word
of the LORD
came unto me, saying
,
Son of man
, I have broken
the arm
of Pharaoh
king
of Egypt
; and, lo, it shall not be bound up
to be healed
, to put
a roller
to bind
it, to make it strong
to hold
the sword
.
Therefore thus saith the Lord
GOD
; Behold, I am against Pharaoh
king
of Egypt
, and will break
his arms
, the strong
, and that which was broken
; and I will cause the sword
to fall
out of his hand
.
And I will scatter the Egyptians
among the nations
, and will disperse
them through the countries
.
And 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 shall groan
before
him with the groanings
of a deadly wounded
man .
But I will strengthen the arms
of the king
of Babylon
, and the arms
of Pharaoh
shall fall down
; and they shall know
that I am the LORD
, when I shall put
my sword
into the hand
of the king
of Babylon
, and he shall stretch it out
upon the land
of Egypt
.
And I will scatter the Egyptians
among the nations
, and disperse
them among the countries
; and they shall know
that I am the LORD
.