And the swordshallcomeuponEgypt, and greatpainshall be in Ethiopia, when the slainshallfall in Egypt, and theyshalltakeaway her multitude, and her foundationsshall be brokendown.
Thussaith the LORD; TheyalsothatupholdEgyptshallfall; and the pride of her powershallcomedown: from the tower of Syeneshalltheyfall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
In that day shallmessengers go forthfrom me in ships to make the carelessEthiopiansafraid, and greatpainshallcomeuponthem, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
He and his peoplewith him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and theyshalldrawtheirswordsagainstEgypt, and fill the landwith the slain.
And I willmake the rivers dry, and sell the landinto the hand of the wicked: and I willmake the landwaste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORDhavespoken it.
Thussaith the Lord GOD; I willalsodestroy the idols, and I willcausetheirimages to cease out of Noph; and thereshall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
At Tehaphnehesalso the day shall be darkened, when I shallbreakthere the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strengthshallcease in her: as for her, a cloudshallcover her, and her daughtersshall go intocaptivity.
Son of man, I havebroken the arm of Pharaohking of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
Thereforethussaith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am againstPharaohking of Egypt, and willbreak his arms, the strong, and thatwhich was broken; and I willcause the sword to fall out of his hand.
And I willstrengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I willbreakPharaoh’sarms, and he shallgroanbefore him with the groanings of a deadlywounded man.
But I willstrengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaohshallfalldown; and theyshallknowthat I am the LORD, when I shall put my swordinto the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shallstretch it out upon the land of Egypt.