15. I will pour out my fury on Sin, Egypt’s fortress, and I will kill many people in Thebes.
16. I will set fire to Egypt. Sin will be in much pain. Thebes will be broken into pieces, and Memphis will be in trouble every day.
17. The young men from Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle, and people from these cities will go into exile.
18. At Tahpanhes the day will turn dark when I break Egypt’s power. Egypt’s strong army will be defeated. Clouds will cover Egypt, and people from its villages will go into exile.
19. Then they will know that I am the Lord, because I will bring punishment on Egypt.’ ”
20. On the seventh day of the first month in the eleventh year, the Lord spoke his word to me. He said,
21. “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. His arm isn’t bandaged, so it can’t heal and be strong enough to hold a sword.
22. “This is what the Almighty Lord says: I’m against Pharaoh, king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the healthy one and the broken one. I will make the sword fall from his hand.
23. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and force them into other countries.