2. “Human being, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord God says:Cry and say,“The terrible day is coming.”
3. The day is near.The Lord’s day of judging is near.It is a cloudy day.It is a time when the nations will be judged.
4. An enemy will attack Egypt.And Cush will tremble with fear.When the killing begins in Egypt,her wealth will be taken away.Egypt’s foundations will be torn down.
5. Cush, Put, Lydia, Arabia, Libya and my people will die. All these who made an agreement with Egypt will fall dead in war.
6. “‘This is what the Lord God says:Those who fight on Egypt’s side will fall.The power she is proud of will go down.The people in Egypt will fall dead in warfrom Migdol in the north to Aswan in the south,says the Lord God.
7. They will bethe emptiest land.Egypt’s cities will belike other cities that lie in ruin.
8. Then they will know that I am the Lord.This will happen when I set fire to Egyptand when all those nations on her side are crushed.
9. “‘At that time I will send messengers in ships. They will frighten Cush which now feels safe. The people of Cush will tremble with fear when Egypt is punished. And that time is sure to come.
10. “‘This is what the Lord God says:I will destroy great numbers of people in Egypt.I will do it through Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11. Nebuchadnezzar and his armyare the cruelest army of any nation.They will be brought in to destroy the land.They will pull out their swords against Egypt.They will fill the land with those they kill.
12. I will make the streams of the Nile River become dry land.Then I will sell the dry land to evil people.I will destroy the land and everything in it.I will do it through the power of strangers.I, the Lord, have spoken.
13. “‘This is what the Lord God says:I will destroy the idols.And I will take away the statues of false gods from the city of Memphis.There will no longer be a leader in Egypt.And I will spread fear through the land of Egypt.
14. I will make southern Egypt empty.I will start a fire in Zoan.I will punish Thebes.
15. And I will pour out my anger against Pelusium,the strong place of Egypt.I will destroy great numbers of people in Thebes.