| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1The word of the LORD came to me again, saying, | 1The word of the LORD came to me: |
| 2“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’ | 2“Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’ |
| 3For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles. | 3For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations. |
| 4The sword shall come upon Egypt, And great anguish shall be in Ethiopia, When the slain fall in Egypt, And they take away her wealth, And her foundations are broken down. | 4A sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Cush, when the slain fall in Egypt, and her wealth is carried away, and her foundations are torn down. |
| 5“Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword.” | 5Cush, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya, and the people of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. |
| 6‘Thus says the LORD: “Those who uphold Egypt shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall fall by the sword,” Says the Lord GOD. | 6“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. |
| 7“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. | 7And they shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries, and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste. |
| 8Then they will know that I am the LORD, When I have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are destroyed. | 8Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken. |
| 9On that day messengers shall go forth from Me in ships To make the careless Ethiopians afraid, And great anguish shall come upon them, As on the day of Egypt; For indeed it is coming!” | 9“On that day messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting people of Cush, and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom; for, behold, it comes! |
| 10‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. | 10“Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. |
| 11He 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. | 11He 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. |
| 12I 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.” | 12And 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. |
| 13‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will also destroy the idols, And cause the images to cease from Noph; There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt; I will put fear in the land of Egypt. | 13“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. |
| 14I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No. | 14I will make Pathros a desolation and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments on Thebes. |
| 15I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; I will cut off the multitude of No, | 15And I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the multitude of Thebes. |
| 16And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily. | 16And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and Memphis shall face enemies by day. |
| 17The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity. | 17The young men of On and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword, and the women shall go into captivity. |
| 18At Tehaphnehes the day shall also be darkened, When I break the yokes of Egypt there. And her arrogant strength shall cease in her; As for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her daughters shall go into captivity. | 18At 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. |
| 19Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, Then they shall know that I am the LORD.” ’ ” | 19Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the LORD.” |
| 20And 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, | 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 see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword. | 21“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. |
| 22Therefore 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. | 22Therefore 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. |
| 23I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries. | 23I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries. |
| 24I 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. | 24And 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. |
| 25Thus 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. | 25I 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. |
| 26I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.’ ” | 26And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD.” |
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