1 T he word of the Lord came again to me saying,

The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,

2 “ Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “ Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’

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

3 “ For the day is near, Even the day of the Lord is near; It will be a day of clouds, A time of doom for the nations.

For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time for the nations.

4 “ A sword will come upon Egypt, And anguish will be in Ethiopia; When the slain fall in Egypt, They take away her wealth, And her foundations are torn down.

And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish and great sorrow shall be in Ethiopia (Cush), when the slain fall in Egypt and they carry away her great mass of people and of things and her foundations are broken down.

5 E thiopia, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya and the people of the land that is in league will fall with them by the sword.”

Ethiopia (Cush) and Put, Lud and all the mingled people, Cub (Lub, Libya) and the children of the land of the covenant shall fall with by the sword.

6 ‘ Thus says the Lord, “Indeed, those who support Egypt will fall And the pride of her power will come down; From Migdol to Syene They will fall within her by the sword,” Declares the Lord God.

Thus says the Lord: They also who uphold or lean upon and are supported by Egypt shall fall, and the pride of her power shall come down; from Migdol to Syene they shall fall within her by the sword, says the Lord God.

7 “ They will be desolate In the midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities.

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

8 “ And they will know that I am the Lord, When I set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken.

And they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord, when I have set a fire in Egypt and all her helpers are broken and destroyed.

9 O n that day messengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten secure Ethiopia; and anguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it comes!”

In that day shall messengers go forth from Me in ships to terrify the careless and unsuspecting Ethiopians, and there shall be anguish and great sorrow upon them as in the day of Egypt’s, for behold, comes!

10 ‘ Thus says the Lord God, “ I will also make the hordes of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Thus says the Lord God: I will also make the tumult and the wealth and the large population of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

11 “ He and his people with him, The most ruthless 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.

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 “ Moreover, I will make the Nile canals dry And sell the land into the hands of evil men. And I will make the land desolate And all that is in it, By the hand of strangers; I the Lord have spoken.”

And I will make the streams 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 the Lord have spoken it.

13 ‘ Thus says the Lord God, “I will also destroy the idols And make the images cease from Memphis. And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt; And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

Thus says the Lord God: I will also destroy the idols and I will put an end to the images in Noph or Memphis, and there shall be no longer a prince of the land of Egypt. And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

14 “ I will make Pathros desolate, Set a fire in Zoan And execute judgments on Thebes.

And I will make Pathros desolate and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments and punishments upon No or Thebes.

15 “ I will pour out My wrath on Sin, The stronghold of Egypt; I will also cut off the hordes of Thebes.

And I will pour My wrath upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and I will cut off the tumult, the prosperity and the population of No or Thebes.

16 “ I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached And Memphis will have distresses daily.

And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall have great anguish and No or Thebes shall be torn open and Noph or Memphis shall have adversaries in the daytime and all the day long.

17 “ The young men of On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And the women will go into captivity.

The young men of Aven or On and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword, and the shall go into captivity.

18 “ In Tehaphnehes the day will be dark When I break there the yoke bars of Egypt. Then the pride of her power will cease in her; A cloud will cover her, And her daughters will go into captivity.

At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself and be dark when I break there the yokes and dominion of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall come to an end. As for her, a cloud shall cover her and her daughters shall go into captivity.

19 “ Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, And they will know that I am the Lord.”’” Victory for Babylon

Thus will I execute judgments and punishments upon Egypt. Then shall they know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord.

20 I n the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying,

And in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord 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 for healing or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be 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 heal it by binding it with a bandage, to make it strong to hold and wield the sword.

22 T herefore thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.

Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong one and the one which was broken, and I will cause the sword to fall from his hand.

23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and will disperse them throughout the countries.

24 F or I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groanings of a wounded man.

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 will groan before with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.

25 T hus I will strengthen the arms 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.

But I will strengthen and hold up the arms of the king of Babylon and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down, and they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

26 W hen I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries, and they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord.