1. The Lord spoke again.
2. “Mortal man,” he said, “prophesy and announce what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying. You are to shout these words:A day of terror is coming!
3. The day is near, the day when the Lord will act,A day of clouds and trouble for the nations.
4. There will be war in EgyptAnd great distress in Ethiopia.Many in Egypt will be killed;The country will be plunderedAnd left in ruins.
5. “That war will also kill the soldiers hired from Ethiopia, Lydia, Libya, Arabia, Kub, and even from among my own people.”
6. The Lord says, “From Migdol in the north to Aswan in the south, all Egypt's defenders will be killed in battle. Egypt's proud army will be destroyed. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.
7. The land will be the most desolate in the world, and its cities will be left totally in ruins.
8. When I set fire to Egypt and all her defenders are killed, then they will know that I am the Lord.
9. “When that day comes and Egypt is destroyed, I will send messengers in ships to arouse the unsuspecting people of Ethiopia, and they will be terrified. That day is coming!”
10. The Sovereign Lord says, “I will use King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia to put an end to Egypt's wealth.