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¹ The burden against Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst. ² "I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom. ³ The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers. ⁴ And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them," Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts. ⁵ The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up. ⁶ The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither. ⁷ The papyrus reeds by the River, [fn] by the mouth of the River,And everything sown by the River,Will wither, be driven away, and be no more. ⁸ The fishermen also will mourn; All those will lament who cast hooks into the River, And they will languish who spread nets on the waters. ⁹ Moreover those who work in fine flax And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed; ¹⁰ And its foundations will be broken. All who make wages will be troubled of soul. ¹¹ Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; Pharaoh's wise counselors give foolish counsel. How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise, The son of ancient kings?" ¹² Where are they? Where are your wise men? Let them tell you now, And let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt. ¹³ The princes of Zoan have become fools;The princes of Noph [fn] are deceived;They have also deluded Egypt,Those who are the mainstay of its tribes. ¹⁴ The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in her midst; And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work, As a drunken man staggers in his vomit. ¹⁵ Neither will there be any work for Egypt,Which the head or tail,Palm branch or bulrush, may do. [fn] ¹⁶ In that day Egypt will be like women, and will be afraid and fear because of the waving of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He waves over it.¹⁷ And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts which He has determined against it.

¹⁸ In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear by the Lord of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction. [fn] ¹⁹ In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border.²⁰ And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the LORD because of the oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them.²¹ Then the LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day, and will make sacrifice and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the LORD and perform it.²² And the LORD will strike Egypt, He will strike and heal it; they will return to the LORD, and He will be entreated by them and heal them. ²³ In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians. ²⁴ In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria--a blessing in the midst of the land,²⁵ whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, "Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance."