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.
26. When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout other lands, they shall know that I am the Lord.