8. I will darken the lights in the sky over you. I will make your whole country dark.” This is what the Lord GOD said.
9. “I will make many people sad and upset when I bring an enemy to destroy you. Nations you don’t even know will be upset.
10. I will make many people shocked about you. Their kings will be terrified of you, when I swing my sword before them. They will shake with fear on the day you fall. Each king will be afraid for his own life.”
11. That will happen because of what the Lord GOD said: “The sword of the king of Babylon will come to fight against you.
12. I will use those soldiers to kill your people in battle. They come from the most terrible of the nations. They will destroy the things Egypt is proud of. The people of Egypt will be destroyed.
13. There are many animals by the rivers in Egypt. I will also destroy all those animals. People will not make the waters muddy with their feet anymore. The hoofs of cattle will not make the water muddy anymore.
14. So I will make the water in Egypt calm. I will cause their rivers to run slowly—they will be slick like oil.” This is what the Lord GOD said.
15. “I will make the land of Egypt empty. That land will lose everything. I will punish all the people living in Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord!