1. The word of the Lord came to me again, saying:
2. Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord God: Howl,“Woe to the day!”
3. For the day is near,even the day of the Lord is near,a cloudy day,it shall be the time of doom for the nations.
4. The sword shall come upon Egypt,and great pain shall be in Ethiopia,when the slain fall in Egypt,they take away her wealth,and her foundations are broken down.
5. Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, all Arabia, Kub, and the men of the land that is in league shall fall with them by the sword.
6. Thus says the Lord: Indeed, those who uphold Egypt shall fall,and the pride of her power shall come down.From Migdol to Syenethey shall fall in her by the sword,says the Lord God.
7. They shall be desolatein the midst of the countries that are desolate,and her cities shall bein the midst of the cities that are wasted.
8. They shall know that I am the Lordwhen I have set a fire in Egyptand when all her helpers are destroyed.
9. In that day messengers shall go forth from Me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them as in the day of Egypt. For it is coming!