10. I will shock many peoples with you,and their kings will shiver with horror because of you.When I brandish my sword before them,every moment each one will tremble for his life, on the day of your fall.
11. “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘The sword of the king of Babylon will attack you.
12. By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall – all of them are the most terrifying among the nations.They will devastate the pride of Egypt,and all its hordes will be destroyed.
13. I will destroy all its cattle beside the plentiful waters;and no human foot will disturb the waters again,nor will the hooves of cattle disturb them.
14. Then I will make their waters calm,and will make their streams flow like olive oil, declares the sovereign Lord.
15. When I turn the land of Egypt into desolation and the land is destitute of everything that fills it,when I strike all those who live in it,then they will know that I am the Lord.’
16. This is a lament; they will chant it.The daughters of the nations will chant it.They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes,declares the sovereign Lord.”
17. In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: