1. This is a message about Egypt:Look, the Lord is coming on a fast cloudto enter Egypt.The idols of Egypt will tremble before him,and Egypt’s courage will melt away.
2. The Lord says, “I will cause the Egyptians to fight against themselves.People will fight with their relatives;neighbors will fight neighbors;cities will fight cities;kingdoms will fight kingdoms.
3. The Egyptians will be afraid,and I will ruin their plans.They will ask advice from their idols and spirits of the dead,from their mediums and fortune-tellers.”
4. The Lord God All-Powerful says,“I will hand Egypt over to a hard master,and a powerful king will rule over them.”
5. The sea will become dry,and the water will disappear from the Nile River.
6. The canals will stink;the streams of Egypt will decrease and dry up.All the water plants will rot;
7. all the plants along the banks of the Nile will die.Even the planted fields by the Nilewill dry up, blow away, and disappear.
8. The fishermen, all those who catch fish from the Nile,will groan and cry;those who fish in the Nile will be sad.
9. All the people who make cloth from flax will be sad,and those who weave linen will lose hope.