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¹ The word of the LORD came to me:² "Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Wail, 'Alas for the day!'³ For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.⁴ A sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt, and her wealth is carried away, and her foundations are torn down.⁵ Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya, and the people of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.⁶ "Thus says the LORD: Those who support Egypt shall fall, and her proud might shall come down; from Migdol to Syene they shall fall within her by the sword, says the Lord GOD.⁷ And she shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries and her cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.⁸ Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken.⁹ "On that day swift messengers shall go forth from me to terrify the unsuspecting Ethiopians; and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom; for, lo, it comes!¹⁰ "Thus says the Lord GOD: I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt, by the hand of Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon.¹¹ He and his people with him, the most 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 And I will dry up the Nile, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men; I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it, by the hand of foreigners; I, the LORD, have spoken.¹³ "Thus says the Lord GOD: I will destroy the idols, and put an end to the images, in Memphis; there shall no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt; so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.¹⁴ I will make Pathros a desolation, and will set fire to Zo'an, and will execute acts of judgment upon Thebes.¹⁵ And I will pour my wrath upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the multitude of Thebes.¹⁶ And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and its walls broken down.¹⁷ The young men of On and of Pibe'seth shall fall by the sword; and the women shall go into captivity.¹⁸ At Tehaph'nehes the day shall be dark, when I break there the dominion of Egypt, and her proud might shall come to an end; she shall be covered by a cloud, and her daughters shall go into captivity.¹⁹ Thus I will execute acts of judgment upon Egypt. Then they will know that I am the LORD."

²⁰ In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:²¹ "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and lo, it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.²² Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.²³ I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the lands.²⁴ And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand; but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him like a man mortally wounded.²⁵ I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall; and they shall know that I am the LORD. When I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, he shall stretch it out against the land of Egypt;²⁶ and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD."