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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The word of the LORD came to me: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"Son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: "'Wail, "Alas, the day is here!" |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near; it will be a day of storm clouds, it will be a time of judgment for the nations. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4A sword will come against Egypt and panic will overtake Ethiopia when the slain fall in Egypt and they carry away her wealth and dismantle her foundations. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the foreigners, Libya, and the people of the covenant land will die by the sword along with them. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"'This is what the LORD says: Egypt's supporters will fall; her confident pride will crumble. From Migdol to Syene they will die by the sword within her, declares the sovereign LORD. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will be among ruined cities. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8They will know that I am the LORD when I ignite a fire in Egypt and all her allies are defeated. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten overly confident Ethiopia; panic will overtake them on the day of Egypt's doom; for beware--it is coming! |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10"'This is what the sovereign LORD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt, by the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11He and his people with him, the most terrifying of the nations, will be brought there to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with corpses. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12I will dry up the waterways and hand the land over to evil men. I will make the land and everything in it desolate by the hand of foreigners. I, the LORD, have spoken! |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13"'This is what the sovereign LORD says: I will destroy the idols, and put an end to the gods of Memphis. There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt; so I will make the land of Egypt fearful. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I will desolate Pathros, I will ignite a fire in Zoan, and I will execute judgments on Thebes. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15I will pour out my anger upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt; I will cut off the hordes of Thebes. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16I will ignite a fire in Egypt; Syene will writhe in agony, Thebes will be broken down, and Memphis will face enemies every day. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17The young men of On and of Pi-beseth will die by the sword; and the cities will go into captivity. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18In Tahpanhes the day will be dark when I break the yoke of Egypt there. Her confident pride will cease within her; a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the LORD.'" |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21"Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Therefore this is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong arm and the broken one, and I will make the sword drop from his hand. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among foreign countries. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will place my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan like the fatally wounded before the king of Babylon. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD." |
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