1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God:
s“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
3 For the day is near,
tthe day of the Lord is near;
it will be a uday of clouds,
a time of doom for1 the nations.
4 A sword shall come upon Egypt,
and anguish shall be in Cush,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
and her wealth2 is carried away,
and her foundations are torn down.
5 Cush, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya,3 and the people of the land that is in league,4 shall fall with them by the sword.
6 “Thus says the Lord:
Those who support Egypt shall fall,
and her proud might shall come down;
vfrom Migdol to Syene
they shall fall within her by the sword,
declares the Lord God.
7 And they shall be wdesolated in the midst of desolated countries,
and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
8 Then they will know that I am the Lord,
when I have set fire to Egypt,
and all her helpers are broken.
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;5 for, behold, it comes!
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