10. Thus says the Lord God:I will put an end to Egypt’s hordesby the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon:
11. He and his army with him,the most ruthless of nations,will be brought in to devastate the land.They will draw their swords against Egyptand fill the land with the slain.
12. Then I will dry up the streams of the Nile,and sell the land into evil hands;By the hand of foreigners I will devastatethe land and everything in it.I, the Lord, have spoken.
13. Thus says the Lord God:I will destroy idols,and put an end to images in Memphis.There will never again be a princeover the land of Egypt.Instead, I will spread fearthroughout the land of Egypt.
14. I will devastate Pathros,set fire to Zoan,and execute judgment against Thebes.
15. I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,the fortress of Egypt,and cut off the troops of Thebes.
16. I will set fire to Egypt;Pelusium will writhe in anguish,Thebes will be breached,and Memphis besieged in daylight.
17. The warriors of On and Pi-besethwill fall by the sword,the cities taken captive.
18. In Tahpanhes, the day will turn darkwhen I break the scepter of Egypt thereand put an end to its proud strength.Dark clouds will cover it,and its women will go into captivity.
19. I will execute judgment against Egyptthat they may know that I am the Lord.
20. On the seventh day of the first month in the eleventh year, the word of the Lord came to me:
21. Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. See! It has not been immobilized for healing, nor set with a splint to make it strong enough to grasp a sword.
22. Therefore thus says the Lord God: See! I am coming against Pharaoh, king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the strong one and the broken one, making the sword fall from his hand.
23. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout other lands.
24. I will, however, strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand so he can bring it against Egypt for plunder and pillage.
25. When I strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh collapse, they shall know that I am the Lord, because I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon to wield against the land of Egypt.