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A Lament for Egypt
The word of the Lord came to me:
The word of the Lord came to me:
Egypt and Her Allies Will Fall
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
“Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God:
“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
“Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’
“Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’
For the day is near,
Even the day of the Lord is near;
It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.
Even the day of the Lord is near;
It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.
“Thus says the Lord:
Those who support Egypt shall fall,
and her proud might shall come down;
from Migdol to Syene
they shall fall within her by the sword,
declares the Lord God.
Those who support Egypt shall fall,
and her proud might shall come down;
from Migdol to Syene
they shall fall within her by the sword,
declares the Lord God.
And they shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries,
and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
“They shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries,
And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste.
And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste.
Then they will know that I am the Lord,
when I have set fire to Egypt,
and all her helpers are broken.
when I have set fire to Egypt,
and all her helpers are broken.
Then they will know that I am the Lord,
When I have set a fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are destroyed.
When I have set a fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are destroyed.
“Thus says the Lord God:
“I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt,
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
“I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt,
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
‘Thus says the Lord God:
“I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease
By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
“I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease
By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
He and his people with him, the most ruthless of nations,
shall be brought in to destroy the land,
and they shall draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.
shall be brought in to destroy the land,
and they shall draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.
He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations,
Shall be brought to destroy the land;
They shall draw their swords against Egypt,
And fill the land with the slain.
Shall be brought to destroy the land;
They shall draw their swords against Egypt,
And fill the land with the slain.
And I will dry up the Nile
and will sell the land into the hand of evildoers;
I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,
by the hand of foreigners;
I am the Lord; I have spoken.
and will sell the land into the hand of evildoers;
I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,
by the hand of foreigners;
I am the Lord; I have spoken.
I will make the rivers dry,
And sell the land into the hand of the wicked;
I will make the land waste, and all that is in it,
By the hand of aliens.
I, the Lord, have spoken.”
And sell the land into the hand of the wicked;
I will make the land waste, and all that is in it,
By the hand of aliens.
I, the Lord, have spoken.”
“Thus says the Lord God:
“I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in Memphis;
there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
“I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in Memphis;
there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
I will make Pathros a desolation
and will set fire to Zoan
and will execute judgments on Thebes.
and will set fire to Zoan
and will execute judgments on Thebes.
And set a fire in Egypt;
Sin shall have great pain,
No shall be split open,
And Noph shall be in distress daily.
Sin shall have great pain,
No shall be split open,
And Noph shall be in distress daily.
At Tehaphnehes the day shall be dark,
when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and her proud might shall come to an end in her;
she shall be covered by a cloud,
and her daughters shall go into captivity.
when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and her proud might shall come to an end in her;
she shall be covered by a cloud,
and her daughters shall go into captivity.
Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt,
Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”
Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”
Egypt Shall Fall to Babylon
In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
Proclamation Against Pharaoh
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.
Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken, and I will make the sword fall from his hand.
Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Surely I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall out of his hand.
I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries.
I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries.
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him like a man mortally wounded.
I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.
I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall. Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; they shall know that I am the Lord, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.