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1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Sovereign LORD: Wail, Alas for the day!
3 For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near, a day of cloud; it will be the time of the nations.
4 A 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 Cush and Put and Lud and all of Arabia and Kub and the people of the land of the treaty with them—by the sword they will fall."
6 Thus says the LORD: "And the supporters of Egypt will fall, and the majesty of its strength will go down from Migdol to Syene; by the sword they will fall in it," declares the Sovereign LORD.
7 and they desolate midst the desolate lands; and her cities midst the cities are wasted.
8 And they shall know that I am the LORD when I set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers shall be crushed.
9 In that day messengers shall go out from Me in ships to terrify the confident Ethiopians, and anguish shall be on them, as in the day of Egypt; for lo, it is coming.
10 Thus says the Sovereign LORD: "And I will put an end to the crowds of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon.
11 He 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.
12 "I will dry up the Nile River and sell the land to wicked people. I will have foreigners destroy the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.'
13 "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'I will destroy the statues and put an end to the idols in Memphis. A prince will never rise again in Egypt. I will spread fear throughout Egypt.
14 "'I will destroy Pathros, set fire to Zoan and bring punishment on Thebes.
15 I will pour out my rage over Sin, the stronghold of Egypt, and I will cut off the crowd of No.
16 "'I will set fire to Egypt. Sin will be in much pain. Thebes will be broken into pieces, and Memphis will be in trouble every day.
17 The young men of Heliopolis, and of Bubastus shall fall by the sword, and they themselves shall go into captivity.
18 And at Tahpanhes the day will become dark when I break the yoke of Egypt, and in it the majesty of its strength will come to an end. A cloud will cover it, and its daughters will go into captivity.
19 And I will execute judgments in Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD."
20 In 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. His arm is not bandaged, so it cannot heal and be strong enough to hold a sword."
22 "The Sovereign LORD says: 'I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong and the broken. I will make the sword fall from his hand.
23 And I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and scatter 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 '"I will strengthen the arms (the power) of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. 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 against the land of Egypt.
26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD.'”