1. The word of the Lord came to me:
2. Son of man, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord God:Wail: “Alas the day!”
3. Yes, a day approaches,a day of the Lord approaches:A day of dark cloud,a time appointed for the nations.
4. A sword will come against Egypt,there will be anguish in Ethiopia,When the slain fall in Egyptwhen its hordes are seized,its foundations razed.
5. Ethiopia, Put, and Lud,all the mixed rabble and Kub,and the people of allied landsshall fall by the sword with them.
6. Thus says the Lord:The pillars of Egypt shall fall,and its proud strength sink;From Migdol to Syene,its people will fall by the sword—oracle of the Lord God.