17. The young men of Heliopolis and of Bubastisshall fall by the sword,and the women shall go into captivity.
18. In Tahpanhes also the day shall be darkened,when I break there the yokes of Egypt.And the pomp of her strength shall cease in her;as for her, a cloud shall cover her,and her daughters shall go into captivity.
19. Thus I will execute judgments in Egypt,and they shall know that I am the Lord.
20. In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
21. Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And it has not been bound up to be healed or wrapped with a bandage to make it strong to hold the sword.
22. Therefore thus says the Lord God: I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the broken. And I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
23. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the countries.
24. For I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh so that he groans before him with the groanings of a wounded man.
25. So I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down. Then they shall know that I am the Lord when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out upon the land of Egypt.