17. The young men of Heliopolis and Pibeseth will fall by the sword, and the young women will be led into captivity.
18. And in Tahpanhes, the day will grow black, when, in that place, I will break the scepters of Egypt. And the arrogance of her authority will fail within her; a gloom will cover her. Then her daughters will be led into captivity.
19. And I will execute judgments in Egypt. And they shall know that I am the Lord."
20. And it happened that, in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the Lord came, me, saying:
21. "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And behold, it has not been wrapped, so that it might be restored to health; it has not been bound with cloths, or bandaged with linen, so that, having recovered strength, it would be able to hold the sword.
22. Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and I will shatter his strong arm, which has already been broken. And I will cast the sword away from his hand.
23. And I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and I will scatter them among the lands.
24. And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon. And I will put my sword into his hand. And I will break the arms of Pharaoh. And they will groan acutely, when they are slain before his face.
25. And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon. And the arms of Pharaoh will fall. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have given my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and when he will have extended it over the land of Egypt.
26. And I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and I will scatter them among the lands. And they shall know that I am the Lord."