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| [1]And the word of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 came unto me, saying: |
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| [2]'Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇: wail ye: Woe worth the day! |
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| [3]For the day is near, even the day of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 is near, a day of clouds, it shall be the time of the nations. |
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| [4]And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and convulsion shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her abundance, and her foundation shall be broken down. |
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| [5]Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. |
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| [6]Thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇: they also that uphold Egypt shall fall, and the pride of her power shall come down; from Migdol to Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
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| [7]And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. |
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| [8]And they shall know that I am 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed. |
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| [9]In that day shall messengers go forth from before Me in ships to make the confident Ethiopians afraid; and there shall come convulsion upon them in the day of Egypt; for, lo, it cometh. |
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| [10]Thus saith the Lord 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. |
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| [11]He and his people with him, the 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. |
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| [12]And I will make the rivers dry, and will give the land over into the hand of evil men; and I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers; I 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 have spoken it. |
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| [13]Thus saith the Lord 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the things of nought to cease from Noph; and there shall be no more a prince out of the land of Egypt; and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. |
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| [14]And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. |
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| [15]And I will pour My fury upon Sin, the stronghold of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. |
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| [16]And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great convulsion, and No shall be rent asunder; and in Noph shall come adversaries in the day-time. |
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| [17]The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword; and these cities shall go into captivity. |
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| [18]At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her; as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. |
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| [19]Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt; and they shall know that I am 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇.' |
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| [20]And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 came unto me, saying: |
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| [21]'Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up to be healed, to put a roller, that it be bound up and wax strong, that it hold the sword. |
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| [22]Therefore thus saith the Lord 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. |
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| [23]And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. |
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| [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 shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. |
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| [25]And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, when I shall put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. |
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| [26]And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇.' |
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