MLV(i)
1 The word of Jehovah came again to me, saying,
2 Son of man, prophesy and say, The lord Jehovah says thus: Wail you*, Alas for the day!
3 For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
4 And a sword will come upon Egypt and anguish will be in Ethiopia, when the slain will fall in Egypt and they will take away her multitude and her foundations will be broken down. 5 Ethiopia and Put and Lud and all the mixed people and Cub and the sons of the land that is in league, will fall with them by the sword.
6 Jehovah says thus: They who also uphold Egypt will fall and the pride of her power will come down. From the Migdol to Syene, they will fall in it by the sword, says the lord Jehovah. 7 And they will be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate and her cities will be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
8 And they will know at I am Jehovah when I have set a fire in Egypt and all her helpers are destroyed. 9 In that day messengers will go forth from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid and there will be anguish upon them, as in the day of Egypt, for behold, it comes.
10 The lord Jehovah says thus: 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. And they will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain. 12 And I will make the rivers dry and will sell the land into the hand of evil men. And I will make the land desolate and all that is in it, by the hand of strangers.
I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
13 The lord Jehovah says thus: I will also destroy the idols and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis. And there will no more be a ruler from the land of Egypt. And I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
14 And I will make Pathros desolate and will set a fire in Zoan and will execute judgments upon No. 15 And I will pour my wrath upon Sin, the stronghold of Egypt and I will cut off the multitude of No. 16 And I will set a fire in Egypt. Sin will be in great anguish and No will be broken up and Memphis will have adversaries in the daytime. 17 The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth will fall by the sword and these cities will go into captivity. 18 At Tehaphnehes also the day will withdraw itself when I will break the yokes of Egypt there and 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 upon Egypt and they will know that I am Jehovah.
20 And it happened in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh King of Egypt. And behold, it has not been bound up, to apply medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it is strong to hold the sword.
22 Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against Pharaoh King of Egypt. And I will break his arms, the strong arm and what was broken and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and will disperse them through the countries.
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 with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.
25 And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon and the arms of Pharaoh will fall down. And they will know that I am Jehovah when I will put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he will stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. 26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries.
And they will know that I am Jehovah.
4 And a sword will come upon Egypt and anguish will be in Ethiopia, when the slain will fall in Egypt and they will take away her multitude and her foundations will be broken down. 5 Ethiopia and Put and Lud and all the mixed people and Cub and the sons of the land that is in league, will fall with them by the sword.
6 Jehovah says thus: They who also uphold Egypt will fall and the pride of her power will come down. From the Migdol to Syene, they will fall in it by the sword, says the lord Jehovah. 7 And they will be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate and her cities will be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
8 And they will know at I am Jehovah when I have set a fire in Egypt and all her helpers are destroyed. 9 In that day messengers will go forth from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid and there will be anguish upon them, as in the day of Egypt, for behold, it comes.
10 The lord Jehovah says thus: 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. And they will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain. 12 And I will make the rivers dry and will sell the land into the hand of evil men. And I will make the land desolate and all that is in it, by the hand of strangers.
I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
13 The lord Jehovah says thus: I will also destroy the idols and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis. And there will no more be a ruler from the land of Egypt. And I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
14 And I will make Pathros desolate and will set a fire in Zoan and will execute judgments upon No. 15 And I will pour my wrath upon Sin, the stronghold of Egypt and I will cut off the multitude of No. 16 And I will set a fire in Egypt. Sin will be in great anguish and No will be broken up and Memphis will have adversaries in the daytime. 17 The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth will fall by the sword and these cities will go into captivity. 18 At Tehaphnehes also the day will withdraw itself when I will break the yokes of Egypt there and 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 upon Egypt and they will know that I am Jehovah.
20 And it happened in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh King of Egypt. And behold, it has not been bound up, to apply medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it is strong to hold the sword.
22 Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against Pharaoh King of Egypt. And I will break his arms, the strong arm and what was broken and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and will disperse them through the countries.
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 with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.
25 And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon and the arms of Pharaoh will fall down. And they will know that I am Jehovah when I will put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he will stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. 26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries.
And they will know that I am Jehovah.