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

The word of the Lord came again to 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 says the Lord God, “ Wail, ‘Alas for 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; It will be a day of clouds, A time of doom for the nations.

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.

“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.

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, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya and the people of the land that is in league will 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

On 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!”

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 says the Lord God, “ I will also make the hordes of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar 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 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.

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.

“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.”

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

“I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached And Memphis will 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 On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And the women will 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.

“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.

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

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

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,

In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the Lord came to 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, behold, it has not been bound up for healing or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be 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 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.

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

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

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.

For 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.

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.

Thus 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.

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

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