1The word of Jehovah came again unto me , saying , 2Son of man , prophesy , and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Wail ye , Alas for the day ! 3For the day is near , even the day of Jehovah is near ; it shall be a day of clouds , a time of the nations . 4And a sword shall come upon Egypt , and anguish 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 . 5Ethiopia , and Put , and Lud , and all the mingled people , and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league , shall fall with them by the sword . 6Thus saith Jehovah : They also that uphold Egypt shall fall ; and the pride of her power shall come down : from the tower of Seveneh shall they fall in it by the sword , saith the Lord Jehovah . 7And 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 . 8And they shall know that I am Jehovah , when I have set a fire in Egypt , and all her helpers are destroyed . 9In that day shall messengers go forth from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid ; and there shall be anguish upon them , as in the day of Egypt ; for , lo , it cometh . 10Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease , by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. 11He and his people with him , the 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 . 12And 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 therein , by the hand of strangers : I , Jehovah , have spoken it . 13Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will also destroy the idols , and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis ; and there shall be no more a prince from the land of Egypt : and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt . 14And I will make Pathros desolate , and will set a fire in Zoan , and will execute judgments upon No . 15And I will pour my wrath upon Sin , the stronghold of Egypt ; and I will cut off the multitude of No . 16And I will set a fire in Egypt : Sin shall be in great anguish , and No shall be broken up ; and Memphis shall have adversaries in the day-time. 17The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword ; and these cities shall go into captivity . 18At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself , when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt , and the pride of her power shall cease in her : as for her , a cloud shall cover her , and her daughters shall go into captivity . 19Thus will I execute judgments upon Egypt ; and they shall know that I am Jehovah .
The Day of the Lord
20And it came to pass in the eleventh year , in the first month , in the seventh day of the month , that the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , 21Son of man , I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt ; and , lo , it hath not been bound up , to apply healing medicines , to put a bandage to bind it , that it be strong to hold the sword . 22Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt , and will break his arms , the strong arm , and that which was broken ; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand . 23And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations , and will disperse them through the countries. 24And 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 shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man . 25And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down ; and they shall know that I am Jehovah , 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 . 26And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations , and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am Jehovah .