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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Another message came to me from the LORD, who had this to say: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"Son of Man, here's what you are to prophesy and announce, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "Wail out loud! Oh no! The day! |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For comes now the day— comes now the Day of the LORD, the day of clouds! The time of the gentiles is fulfilled! |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4War will come to Egypt, and Ethiopia will be in anguish when the slain fall in Egypt, when her wealth is carried off, and her foundations are demolished. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"Ethiopia, Libya, descendants of Lud, all those who have mixed themselves, and Libya —along with everyone in the land of Israel who is in league with them—will die violently."'" |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"This is what the LORD says: 'Those who are supporting Egypt will fall; her majestic strength that she brought from the Aswan fortress will collapse by the sword that invades her,' declares the Lord GOD. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7They'll remain desolate among desolate lands, their cities will be named among those that are ruined. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8They will know that I am the LORD when I kindle my fire in Egypt and all who help her are crushed. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9When that happens, couriers will go out in ships to terrify Ethiopia in its complacency. Anguish will visit them as it will visit Egypt. Watch out! It's coming!'" |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10"This is what the LORD says: 'I'm putting an end to that gang from Egypt, and I'm going to use King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, to do it! |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11He and his ruthless army with him will be brought to destroy the land. They'll draw their swords and attack Egypt, filling the land with the dead! |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12I'll dry up their waterways, and evil men will sell off the land. I'm going to make that land desolate, along with everything that's in it, and I'm going to use foreigners to do it. I, the LORD have spoken!'" |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13"This is what the Lord GOD says: 'I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images that come from Memphis. There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt, and I will terrify the land of Egypt. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I'm going to turn Pathros into a desolation, set fire to Zoan, and judge Thebes. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15I'll pour out my anger on Sin, Egypt's strong fortress, and I'll eliminate the gangs in Thebes. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16I'll set fire to Egypt, and Aswan will writhe in agony. Thebes will be demolished, and Memphis will face daily distress. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17The young men of On and Pi-beseth will die violently, and their cities will be taken captive. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18It will be a dark day for Tahpanhes when I break the yokes of Egypt. That's when her arrogant power will come to an end. She'll be covered by a cloud, and her citizens will go into captivity. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19I will judge Egypt, and they will learn that I am the LORD.'" |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20On the seventh day of the first month of the eleventh year of our captivity, a message came to me from the LORD. It had this to say: |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21"Son of Man, I've broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Look! It hasn't been set in a splint for healing or wrapped with a bandage so it could be strong enough to hold a sword! |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'I'm coming to attack Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and I'm going to break both of his arms, the strong one and the wounded one. That will make him drop his sword. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23I'm going to scatter Egypt throughout the surrounding nations and disperse them throughout the world. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24I'm going to strengthen the military might of the king of Babylon, put my own sword in his hand, and break Pharaoh's strength. Then Pharaoh will groan like a dying man right in front of the king of Babylon. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25When I strengthen the military might of Babylon, the military might of Pharaoh will fail, and then they will learn that I am the LORD when I place my own sword in the hand of the king of Babylon. He will attack the land of Egypt. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the world, they will learn that I am the LORD.'" |
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