1 A nd the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,

2 S on of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Howl ye, Alas for the day!

Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Wail, Alas for the day!

3 F or the day is at hand, yea, the day of Jehovah is at hand, a day of clouds; it shall be the time of the nations.

For the day is near, even the day of Yahweh is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.

4 A nd the sword shall come upon Egypt, and there shall be anguish in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be overthrown.

A sword shall come on 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.

5 C ush, and Phut, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mixed people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, shall fall with them by the sword.

6 T hus saith Jehovah: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her strength shall come down: from Migdol to Syene shall they fall in her by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Yahweh says: They also who 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, says the Lord Yahweh.

7 A nd they shall be desolated in the midst of the countries that are desolated, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

They shall be desolate in the middle of the countries that are desolate; and her cities shall be in the middle of the cities that are wasted.

8 A nd they shall know that I Jehovah, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers shall be broken.

They shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.

9 I n that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships, to make careless Ethiopia afraid; and anguish shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for behold, it cometh!

In that day shall messengers go out from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid; and there shall be anguish on them, as in the day of Egypt; for, behold, it comes.

10 T hus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

11 H e 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 slain.

He 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.

12 A nd I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked; and I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I Jehovah have spoken.

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, Yahweh, have spoken it.

13 T hus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince out of the land of Egypt; and I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 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.

14 A nd I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgment in No.

I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments on No.

15 A nd I will pour my fury upon Sin, the stronghold of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.

I will pour my wrath on Sin, the stronghold of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.

16 A nd I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be rent asunder, and at Noph enemies in open day.

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 daytime.

17 T he young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and these shall go into captivity.

The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and they shall go into captivity.

18 A nd at Tehaphnehes the day shall be darkened, when I break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her strength shall cease in her; as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

At 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.

19 T hus will I execute judgments in Egypt; and they shall know that I Jehovah.

Thus will I execute judgments on Egypt; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

20 A nd it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first, on the seventh of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

In the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

21 S on of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold, it shall not be bound up to apply remedies, to put a bandage to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

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 be strong to hold the sword.

22 T herefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong one, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: 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.

23 A nd I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

24 A nd I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand; and I will break Pharaoh's arms, so that he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly-wounded.

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 groaning of a mortally wounded man.

25 A nd I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I Jehovah, when I have put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall have stretched it out upon the land of Egypt.

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 Yahweh, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out on the land of Egypt.

26 A nd I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries: and they shall know that I Jehovah.

I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.