7. And they shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries,and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
8. Then they will know that I am the Lord,when I have set fire to Egypt,and all her helpers are broken.
9. “On that day messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting people of Cush, and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom; for, behold, it comes!
10. “Thus says the Lord God: “I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt,by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11. He and his people with him, the most ruthless of nations,shall be brought in to destroy the land, and they shall draw their swords against Egyptand fill the land with the slain.
12. And I will dry up the Nileand will sell the land into the hand of evildoers; I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,by the hand of foreigners; I am the Lord; I have spoken.
13. “Thus says the Lord God: “I will destroy the idolsand put an end to the images in Memphis; there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14. I will make Pathros a desolationand will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments on Thebes.
15. And I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,the stronghold of Egypt,and cut off the multitude of Thebes.
16. And I will set fire to Egypt;Pelusium shall be in great agony;Thebes shall be breached,and Memphis shall face enemies by day.
17. The young men of On and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword,and the women shall go into captivity.
18. At Tehaphnehes the day shall be dark,when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,and her proud might shall come to an end in her;she shall be covered by a cloud,and her daughters shall go into captivity.
19. Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
20. In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
21. “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.