1Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says:
3For the day is near,
4A sword will come against Egypt,
5Cush, Put, and Lud,30:5 Or Lydia
6For this is what the LORD says:
7They will be desolate among desolate lands,
8Then they will know that I am the LORD
9On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom.30:9 Hebrew the day of Egypt For it is indeed coming.
10This is what the Lord GOD says:
11He and his people with him,
12I will make the streams dry up
13This is what the Lord GOD says:
14I will lay waste Pathros,
15I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium,30:15 Hebrew Sin; also in verse 16
16I will set fire to Egypt,
17The young men of On and Pi-beseth 30:17 That is, Heliopolis and Bubastis, as in LXX; Hebrew Aven and Pi-beseth
18The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes
19So I will execute judgment on Egypt,
20In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.
22Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.
23I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
24I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.
25I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp.
26I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”