The wordof the LORDcameagain untome, saying, Sonof man, prophesyand say, Thussaiththe LordGOD; Howlye, Woeworth the day! Forthe day is near, even the dayof the LORD is near, a cloudyday; it shall bethe timeof the heathen. And the swordshall comeupon Egypt, and great painshall bein Ethiopia, when the slainshall fallin Egypt, and they shall take awayher multitude, and her foundationsshall be broken down. Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and allthe mingled people, and Chub, and the menof the landthat is in league, shall fallwiththem by the sword. Thussaiththe LORD; They also that upholdEgyptshall fall; and the prideof her powershall come down: from the towerof Syeneshall they fallin it by the sword, saiththe LordGOD. And they shall be desolatein the midstof the countries that are desolate, and her citiesshall bein the midstof the cities that are wasted. And they shall knowthatI am the LORD, when I have seta firein Egypt, and when allher helpersshall be destroyed. In thatdayshall messengersgo forthfromme in shipsto make the carelessEthiopiansafraid, and great painshall comeupon them, as in the dayof Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. Thussaiththe LordGOD; I will also make the multitudeof Egyptto ceaseby the handof Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylon. Heand his peoplewithhim, the terribleof the nations, shall be broughtto destroythe land: and they shall drawtheir swordsagainstEgypt, and fillthe landwith the slain. And I will makethe riversdry, and sellthe landinto the handof the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the handof strangers: Ithe LORDhave spoken it . Thussaiththe LordGOD; I will also destroythe idols, and I will cause their imagesto ceaseout of Noph; and there shall benomorea princeof the landof Egypt: and I will puta fearin the landof Egypt. And I will make Pathros desolate, and will setfirein Zoan, and will executejudgmentsin No. And I will pourmy furyuponSin, the strengthof Egypt; and I will cut offthe multitudeof No. And I will setfirein Egypt: Sinshall have great pain, and Noshall berent asunder, and Noph shall have distressesdaily. The young menof Avenand of Pi-beseth shall fallby the sword: and these cities shall gointo captivity. At Tehaphnehesalso the dayshall be darkened, when I shall breaktherethe yokesof Egypt: and the pompof her strengthshall ceasein her: as for her, a cloudshall coverher, and her daughtersshall gointo captivity. Thus will I executejudgmentsin Egypt: and they shall knowthatI am the LORD. And it came to passin the eleventhyear, in the first month , in the seventh day of the month, that the wordof the LORDcameuntome, saying, Sonof man, I have brokenthe armof Pharaohkingof Egypt; and, lo, it shall notbe bound upto be healed, to puta rollerto bindit, to make it strongto holdthe sword. Thereforethussaiththe LordGOD; Behold, I am againstPharaohkingof Egypt, and will breakhis arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the swordto fallout of his hand. And I will scatterthe Egyptiansamong the nations, and will dispersethem through the countries. And I will strengthenthe armsof the kingof Babylon, and putmy swordin his hand: but I will breakPharaoh's arms, and he shall groanbeforehim with the groaningsof a deadly wounded man . But I will strengthenthe armsof the kingof Babylon, and the armsof Pharaohshall fall down; and they shall knowthatI am the LORD, when I shall putmy swordinto the handof the kingof Babylon, and he shall stretch it outuponthe landof Egypt. And I will scatterthe Egyptiansamong the nations, and dispersethem among the countries; and they shall knowthatI am the LORD.