Ezekiel 30:1-26 TLB

[1] Another message from the Lord! [2] "Son of dust, prophesy and say: The Lord God says, 'Weep, for the terrible day is almost here; the day of the Lord; a day of clouds and gloom; a day of despair for the nations! [4] A sword shall fall on Egypt; the slain shall cover the ground. Her wealth is taken away, her foundations destroyed. The land of Cush has been ravished. [5] For Cush, Put, Lud, Arabia, and Libya, and all the countries leagued with them shall perish in that war.'" [6] For the Lord says: "All Egypt's allies shall fall, and the pride of her power shall end. From Migdol to Syene they shall perish by the sword. [7] She shall be desolate, surrounded by desolate nations, and her cities shall be in ruins, surrounded by other ruined cities. [8] And they will know I am the Lord when I have set Egypt on fire and destroyed her allies. [9] At that time I will send swift messengers to bring panic to the Ethiopians; great terror shall befall them at that time of Egypt's doom. This will all come true." [10] For the Lord God says: "Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, will destroy the multitudes of Egypt. [11] He and his armies-the terror of the nations-are sent to demolish the land. They shall war against Egypt and cover the ground with the slain. [12] I will dry up the Nile and sell the whole land to wicked men. I will destroy Egypt and everything in it, using foreigners to do it. I, the Lord, have spoken it. [13] "And I will smash the idols of Egypt and the images at Memphis, and there will be no king in Egypt; anarchy shall reign! [14] "The cities of Pathros along the upper Nile, Zoan, and Thebes shall lie in ruins by my hand. [15] And I will pour out my fury upon Pelusium, the strongest fortress of Egypt, and I will stamp out the people of Thebes. [16] Yes, I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will be racked with pain. Thebes will be torn apart; Memphis will be in daily terror. [17] The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis shall die by the sword, and the women will be taken away as slaves. [18] When I come to break the power of Egypt, it will be a dark day for Tahpanhes too; a dark cloud will cover her, and her daughters will be taken away as captives. [19] And so I will greatly punish Egypt and they shall know I am the Lord." [20] A year later, around the middle of March of the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me: [21] "Son of dust, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and it has not been set nor put into a cast to make it strong enough to hold a sword again. [22] For the Lord God says, I am against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and I will break both his arms-the strong one and the one that was broken before, and I will make his sword clatter to the ground. [23] And I will banish the Egyptians to many lands. [24] And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and place my sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he shall groan before the king of Babylon as one who has been wounded unto death. [25] I will strengthen the hands of the king of Babylon, while the arms of Pharaoh fall useless to his sides. Yes, when I place my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he swings it over the land of Egypt, Egypt shall know I am the Lord. [26] I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations; then they shall know I am the Lord."