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

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

2 “ Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’

`Son of man, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Howl ye, ha! for the day!

3 F or the day is near, Even the day of the Lord is near; It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.

For near a day, near a day to Jehovah! A day of clouds, the time of nations it is.

4 T he sword shall come upon Egypt, And great anguish shall be in Ethiopia, When the slain fall in Egypt, And they take away her wealth, And her foundations are broken down.

And come in hath a sword to Egypt, And there hath been great pain in Cush, In the falling of the wounded in Egypt, And they have taken its store, And broken down have been its foundations.

5 “ Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword.”

Cush, and Phut, and Lud, and all the mixture, and Chub, And the sons of the land of the covenant with them by sword do fall,

6 ‘ Thus says the Lord: “Those who uphold Egypt shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall fall by the sword,” Says the Lord God.

Thus said Jehovah: And -- fallen have supporters of Egypt, And come down hath the arrogance of her strength, From Migdol to Syene, by sword they fall in her, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

7 “ They shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries, And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste.

And they have been desolated in the midst of desolate lands, And its cities are in the midst of wasted cities.

8 T hen they will know that I am the Lord, When I have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are destroyed.

And they have known that I Jehovah, In My giving fire against Egypt, And broken have been all her helpers.

9 O n that day messengers shall go forth from Me in ships To make the careless Ethiopians afraid, And great anguish shall come upon them, As on the day of Egypt; For indeed it is coming!”

In that day go forth do messengers from before Me in ships, To trouble confident Cush, And there hath been great pain among them, As the day of Egypt, for lo, it hath come.

10 ‘ Thus says the Lord God: “I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have caused the multitude of Egypt to cease, By the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,

11 H e and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations, Shall be brought to destroy the land; They shall draw their swords against Egypt, And fill the land with the slain.

He and his people with him -- the terrible of nations, Are brought in to destroy the land, And they have drawn their swords against Egypt, And have filled the land the wounded.

12 I will make the rivers dry, And sell the land into the hand of the wicked; I will make the land waste, and all that is in it, By the hand of aliens. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

And I have made floods a dry place, And I have sold the land into the hand of evil doers, And I have made desolate the land, And its fulness, by the hand of strangers, I, Jehovah, have spoken.

13 ‘ Thus says the Lord God: “I will also destroy the idols, And cause the images to cease from Noph; There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt; I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And -- I have destroyed idols, And caused vain things to cease from Noph, And a prince of the land of Egypt there is no more, And I give fear in the land of Egypt.

14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.

And I have made Pathros desolate, And I have given fire against Zoan, And I have done judgments in No,

15 I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; I will cut off the multitude of No,

And I have poured out My fury on Sin, the stronghold of Egypt, And I have cut off the multitude of No.

16 A nd set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily.

And I have given fire against Egypt, Greatly pained is Sin, and No is to be rent, And Noph hath daily distresses.

17 T he young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity.

The youths of Aven and Pi-Beseth by sword do fall, And these into captivity do go.

18 A t Tehaphnehes the day shall also be darkened, When I break the yokes of Egypt there. And her arrogant strength shall cease in her; As for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her daughters shall go into captivity.

And in Tehaphnehes hath the day been dark, In My breaking there the yokes of Egypt, And ceased in her hath the excellency of her strength, She -- a cloud doth cover her, And her daughters into captivity do go.

19 T hus I will execute judgments on Egypt, Then they shall know that I am the Lord.”’” Proclamation Against Pharaoh

And I have done judgments in Egypt, And they have known that I Jehovah.'

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

And it cometh to pass, in the eleventh year, in the first, in the seventh of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying: `Son of man,

21 “ Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword.

The arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, I have broken, And lo, it hath not been bound up to give healing, To put a bandage to bind it, To strengthen it -- to lay hold on the sword.

22 T herefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Surely I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall out of his hand.

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, And I have broken his arms, The strong one and the broken one, And have caused the sword to fall out of his hand,

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

And scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have spread them through lands,

24 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 him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.

And strengthened the arms of the king of Babylon, And I have given My sword into his hand, And I have broken the arms of Pharaoh, And he hath groaned the groans of a pierced one -- before him.

25 T hus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; they shall 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.

And I have strengthened the arms of the king of Babylon, And the arms of Pharaoh do fall down, And they have known that I Jehovah, In My giving My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, And he hath stretched it out toward the land of Egypt.

26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’”

And I have scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have spread them through lands, And they have known that I Jehovah!'