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.