| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1The word of the LORD came again to me saying, | 1The word of the LORD came to me: " |
| 2"Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Wail, 'Alas for the day!' | 2Son of man, prophesy and say: This is what the Lord GOD says: Wail: Woe for the day! |
| 3"For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, A time of doom for the nations. | 3For a day is near; a day belonging to the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations. |
| 4"A sword will come upon Egypt, And anguish will be in Ethiopia; When the slain fall in Egypt, They take away her wealth, And her foundations are torn down. | 4A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, and its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down. |
| 5"Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya and the people of the land that is in league will fall with them by the sword." | 5Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various foreign troops, plus Libya and the men of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with them. |
| 6Thus says the LORD, "Indeed, those who support Egypt will fall And the pride of her power will come down; From Migdol to Syene They will fall within her by the sword," Declares the Lord GOD. | 6This is what the LORD says: Those who support Egypt will fall, and its proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall within it by the sword. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. |
| 7"They will be desolate In the midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities. | 7They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities. |
| 8"And they will know that I am the LORD, When I set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken. | 8They will know that I am Yahweh when I set fire to Egypt and all its allies are shattered. |
| 9"On that day messengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten secure Ethiopia; and anguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it comes!" | 9On that day, messengers will go out from Me in ships to terrify confident Cush. Anguish will come over them on the day of Egypt's doom. For indeed it is coming." |
| 10'Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will also make the hordes of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. | 10This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. |
| 11"He and his people with him, The most ruthless of the nations, Will be brought in to destroy the land; And they will draw their swords against Egypt And fill the land with the slain. | 11He along with his people, ruthless men from the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain. |
| 12"Moreover, I will make the Nile canals dry And sell the land into the hands of evil men. And I will make the land desolate And all that is in it, By the hand of strangers; I the LORD have spoken." | 12I will make the streams dry and sell the land into the hands of evil men. I will bring desolation on the land and everything in it by the hands of foreigners. I, Yahweh, have spoken. |
| 13'Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will also destroy the idols And make the images cease from Memphis. And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt; And I will put fear in the land of Egypt. | 13This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the false gods in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt. So I will instill fear in that land. |
| 14"I will make Pathros desolate, Set a fire in Zoan And execute judgments on Thebes. | 14I will make Pathros desolate, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgments on Thebes. |
| 15"I will pour out My wrath on Sin, The stronghold of Egypt; I will also cut off the hordes of Thebes. | 15I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and will wipe out the crowds of Thebes. |
| 16"I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached And Memphis will have distresses daily. | 16I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached, and Memphis will face foes in broad daylight. |
| 17"The young men of On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And the women will go into captivity. | 17The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity. |
| 18"In Tehaphnehes the day will be dark When I break there the yoke bars of Egypt. Then the pride of her power will cease in her; A cloud will cover her, And her daughters will go into captivity. | 18The day will be dark in Tehaphnehes, when I break the yoke of Egypt there and its proud strength comes to an end in the city. A cloud will cover Tehaphnehes, and its villages will go into captivity. |
| 19"Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, And they will know that I am the LORD."'" | 19So I will execute judgments against Egypt, and they will know that I am Yahweh. |
| 20In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, | 20In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: " |
| 21"Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up for healing or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to hold the sword. | 21Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged--no medicine has been applied and no splint put on to bandage it so that it can grow strong enough to handle a sword. |
| 22"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand. | 22Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Look! I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand. |
| 23'I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands. | 23I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them among the countries. |
| 24'For I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groanings of a wounded man. | 24I will strengthen the arms of Babylon's king and place My sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him as a mortally wounded man. |
| 25'Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. Then they will 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. | 25I will strengthen the arms of Babylon's king, but Pharaoh's arms will fall. They will know that I am Yahweh when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon's king and he wields it against the land of Egypt. |
| 26'When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the LORD.'" | 26When I disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them among the countries, they will know that I am Yahweh." |
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