301 The word of the Lord came again to me saying , 2 "Son of man , prophesy and say , 'Thus says the Lord GOD , " Wail , 'Alas for the day !' 3 "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 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 "Ethiopia , Put , Lud , all Arabia , Libya and the people of the land that is in league will fall with them by the sword ." 6 '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 "They will be desolate In the midst of the desolated lands ; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities . 8 "And they will know that I am the Lord , When I set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken . 9 "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 'Thus says the Lord GOD , " I will also make the hordes of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon . 11 "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 "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 '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 "I will make Pathros desolate , Set a fire in Zoan And execute judgments on Thebes . 15 "I will pour out My wrath on Sin , The stronghold of Egypt ; I will also cut off the hordes of Thebes . 16 "I will set a fire in Egypt ; Sin will writhe in anguish , Thebes will be breached And Memphis will have distresses daily . 17 "The young men of On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword , And the women will go into captivity . 18 "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 "Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt , And they will know that I am the Lord .""'
20 In the eleventh e year , in the first month, on the seventh of the month , the word of the Lord came to me saying , 21 "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 "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 'I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands . 24 '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 '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 'When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands , then they will know that I am the Lord .' "
