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

Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD, Alas for this day. You should cry.

For the day of the Lord is approaching, the day of thick clouds, the time of punishment for the nations.

A sword will surely come to Egypt. When the slain fall in Egypt, the Ethiopians will suffer, their people will be plundered, and their foundations will be demolished.

The Ethiopians, the Phoenicians, the Lutherans, the mixed people, the Cubans, and the people of the allied lands will all fall by the sword together with the Egyptians.

Thus says the Lord, Those who support Egypt will also fall. Egypt’s pride due to its power must be lowered. The people among them will fall by the sword from Sephnita onwards (see 29:10). This is what the Lord Jehovah has said.

The land of Egypt will become desolate in a desolate land. The city of Egypt has also become desolate in its abandoned city.

I ignited a fire in Egypt. Those who helped Egypt were all exterminated. At that time, they knew that I was the Lord.

On that day, messengers will sail out from before me, causing fear to the carefree Ethiopians. Pain will come upon them, just like the day of Egypt’s calamity. Look, this matter is approaching.

This is what the Lord has said: I will use the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to destroy all the people of Egypt.

He and his followers, the oppressors among the nations, will come in and destroy this land. They will draw their swords and attack Egypt, causing people to be killed throughout the land.

I will dry up the rivers and sell the land into the hands of the wicked. I will make this land and everything in it desolate by borrowing the hands of foreigners. This is what the Lord has said.

This is what the Lord has said: I will destroy my idols and destroy my gods from Noph. No more kings will come from the land of Egypt. I will make the people of Egypt afraid.

I will make Pathro desolate, and set fire in Zoan, and execute judgment against Noah.

I will pour out my anger on the fortresses of Egypt, which is training, and cut off all the people of Noah.

I will ignite a fire in Egypt. Training will cause great pain. No one will be defeated. Noph saw his enemies in the daytime (or all day long).

The young men of Avon and Bebesh will fall by the sword. The people of these cities will be taken captive.

I broke the yokes of Egypt in Tahpanhes, causing her pride in power to cease in it. At that time, the sunlight will recede. As for this city, there will be a dense cloud covering it, and its women will be taken captive.

I will judge Egypt in this way, and they will know that I am the Lord.

On the seventh day of the first month in the eleventh year, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh the king of Egypt. He didn’t apply any medicine or wrap it with a cloth, which gave him strength to hold the knife.

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, See, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his strong and broken arms, causing the sword to fall from his hand.

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

I will strengthen the arm of the king of Babylon and give my sword into his hand. But he wanted to break Pharaoh’s arm, and he groaned in front of the king of Babylon, like a wounded or dead person.

I will support the arm of the king of Babylon, but the arm of Pharaoh will droop. I will give my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will lift up his sword against the land of Egypt, and they will know that I am the Lord.

I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them among the nations. They will know that I am the Lord.