1 A nd there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

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

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

Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!

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

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

4 A nd 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.

And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain 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 mixture, and Chub, And the sons of the land of the covenant with them by sword do fall,

Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

6 T hus 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.

Thus saith the Lord; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord God.

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

And 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.

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

And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.

9 I n 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.

In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.

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

Thus saith the Lord God; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

11 H e 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.

He 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 the slain.

12 A nd 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.

And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the Lord have spoken it.

13 T hus 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.

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

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

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

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

And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.

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

And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

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

The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.

18 A nd 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.

At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

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

Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

20 A nd 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,

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

21 T he 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.

Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

22 T herefore, 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,

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

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

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

24 A nd 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.

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 shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

25 A nd 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.

But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the Lord, 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.

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

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