2 "Thou son of man, prophesy and speak, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Mourn, woe worth this day,
2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
2 "Son of Man, here's what you are to prophesy and announce, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "Wail out loud! Oh no! The day!
3 for the day is here, the day of the LORD is come: the dark day of the Heathen, the hour is at hand,
3 “For the day is near,Even (B)the day of the Lord is near;It will be a day of (C)clouds,A time of doom for the nations.
3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
3 For a day is near;a day belonging to the Lord is near.(B)It will be a day of clouds,(C)a time of doom for the nations.
3 For comes now the day comes now the Day of the LORD, the day of clouds! The time of the gentiles is fulfilled!
4 the sword cometh upon Egypt. When the wounded men fall down in Egypt, when her people are taken away, and when her foundations are destroyed,
4 “A sword will come upon Egypt,And anguish will be in (b)Ethiopia;When the slain fall in Egypt,They (D)take away her (c)wealth,And her foundations are torn down.
4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
4 A sword will come against Egypt,and there will be anguish in Cushwhen the slain fall in Egypt,and its wealth is taken away,and its foundations are torn down.
4 War will come to Egypt, and Ethiopia will be in anguish when the slain fall in Egypt, when her wealth is carried off, and her foundations are demolished.
5 the Ethiopians' land shall be afraid; yea, the Ethiopians' land, Libya and Lydia, all their common people, and Chub, and all that be confederate unto them, shall fall with them through the sword.
5 (d)Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all (e)(E)Arabia, (f)Libya and the (g)people of the land (h)that is in league will fall with them by the sword.”
5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
5 Cush, Put, and Lud,(D)and all the various foreign troops,(a)plus Libya(b) and the men of the covenant land(c)will fall by the sword along with them.
5 "Ethiopia, Libya, descendants of Lud, all those who have mixed themselves, and Libya along with everyone in the land of Israel who is in league with them will die violently."'"
6 Thus sayeth the LORD: The maintainers of the land of Egypt shall fall, the pride of her power shall come down: even unto the tower of Syene shall they be slain down with the sword, sayeth the LORD God.
6 ‘Thus says the Lord,“Indeed, those who support (F)Egypt will fallAnd the pride of her power will come down;From Migdol to SyeneThey will fall within her by the sword,”Declares the Lord God.
6 Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
6 This is what the Lord says:Those who support Egypt will fall,and its proud strength will collapse.From Migdol to Syenethey will fall within it by the sword.This is the declaration of the Lord God.
6 "This is what the LORD says: "Those who are supporting Egypt will fall; her majestic strength that she brought from the Aswan fortress will collapse by the sword that invades her,' declares the Lord GOD.
7 Among other desolate countries they shall be made desolate, and among other waste cities they shall be wasted.
7 “They will be desolateIn the (G)midst of the desolated lands;And her cities will beIn the midst of the devastated cities.
7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
7 They'll remain desolate among desolate lands, their cities will be named among those that are ruined.
8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I kindle a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers are destroyed.
8 “And they will (H)know that I am the Lord,When I set a (I)fire in EgyptAnd all her helpers are broken.
8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
8 They will know that I am the LORD when I kindle my fire in Egypt and all who help her are crushed.
9 At that time shall their messengers go forth from me in ships, to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and sorrow shall come upon them in the day of Egypt for doubtless it shall come.
9 On that day (J)messengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten (K)secure (i)Ethiopia; and (L)anguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it comes!”
9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
9 On that day, messengers will go out from Me in ships(G) to terrify confident Cush. Anguish will come over them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For indeed it is coming.”
9 "When that happens, couriers will go out in ships to terrify Ethiopia in its complacency. Anguish will visit them as it will visit Egypt. Watch out! It's coming!'"
10 Thus sayeth the LORD God: I will make an end of the people of Egypt through the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon:
10 ‘Thus says the Lord God,“(M)I will also make the (j)hordes of Egypt ceaseBy the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
10 This is what the Lord God says:I will put an end to the hordes(f) of Egyptby the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
10 "This is what the LORD says: "I'm putting an end to that gang from Egypt, and I'm going to use King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, to do it!
11 he and his people with him. Yea, and the cruel tyrants of the Heathen shall be brought to destroy the land. They shall draw out their swords upon Egypt and fill the land full of slain men.
11 “He and his people with him,(N)The most ruthless of the nations,Will be brought in to destroy the land;And they will draw their swords against EgyptAnd fill the land with the slain.
11 He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
11 He along with his people,ruthless men from the nations,will be brought in to destroy the land.They will draw their swords against Egyptand fill the land with the slain.(H)
11 He and his ruthless army with him will be brought to destroy the land. They'll draw their swords and attack Egypt, filling the land with the dead!
12 I will dry up their floods of water, and sell the land into the hands of wicked people. The land and all that is therein, will I destroy through the enemies. Even I the LORD have said it.
12 “Moreover, I will make the (O)Nile canals dryAnd (P)sell the land into the hands of evil men.And I will make the land desolateAnd (k)all that is in it,By the hand of strangers; I the Lord have spoken.”
12 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
12 I will make the streams dryand sell the land into the hands of evil men.(I)I will bring desolationon the land and everything in itby the hands of foreigners.I, Yahweh, have spoken.
12 I'll dry up their waterways, and evil men will sell off the land. I'm going to make that land desolate, along with everything that's in it, and I'm going to use foreigners to do it. I, the LORD have spoken!'"
13 And thus sayeth the LORD God: I will destroy the Idols, and bring the images of Noph to an end. There shall no more be a prince of Egypt, and a fearfulness will I send into the Egyptians' land.
13 ‘Thus says the Lord God,“I will also (Q)destroy the idolsAnd make the (l)images cease from (m)(R)Memphis.And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt;And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
13 This is what the Lord God says:I will destroy the idols and put an endto the false gods in Memphis.(J)There will no longer bea prince from the land of Egypt.So I will instill fear in that land.
13 "This is what the Lord GOD says: "I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images that come from Memphis. There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt, and I will terrify the land of Egypt.
15 Alexandria will I punish and pour my wrathful indignation upon Sin which is the strength of Egypt. All the substance of Alexandria will I destroy,
15 “I will pour out My wrath on (o)Sin,The stronghold of Egypt;I will also cut off the hordes of (p)Thebes.
15 And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
15 I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium,the stronghold of Egypt,and will wipe out the crowds(g) of Thebes.
15 I'll pour out my anger on Sin, Egypt's strong fortress, and I'll eliminate the gangs in Thebes.
16 and kindle a fire in Egypt. Sin shall be in great heaviness, Alexandria shall be rooted out, and Noph shall have daily sorrow.
16 “I will set a fire in Egypt;(q)Sin will writhe in anguish,(r)Thebes will be breachedAnd (s)Memphis will have (t)distresses daily.
16 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
16 I will set fire to Egypt;Pelusium will writhe in anguish,Thebes will be breached,and Memphis will face foes in broad daylight.(h)
16 I'll set fire to Egypt, and Aswan will writhe in agony. Thebes will be demolished, and Memphis will face daily distress.
17 The best men of On and Bubaste shall be slain with the sword, and carried away captive.
17 “The young men of (u)(V)On and of Pi-besethWill fall by the sword,And (v)the women will go into captivity.
17 The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.
17 The young men of On(i) and Pi-besethwill fall by the sword,and those cities(j) will go into captivity.
17 The young men of On and Pi-beseth will die violently, and their cities will be taken captive.
18 At Tehaphnehes the day shall be dark, when I break there the scepter of the land of Egypt, and when the pomp of her power shall have an end. A cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall be led away into captivity.
18 “In (W)Tehaphnehes the day will (w)be (X)darkWhen I (Y)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.
18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
18 The day will be dark(k) in Tehaphnehes,when I break the yoke of Egypt thereand its proud strengthcomes to an end in the city.A cloud(L) will cover Tehaphnehes,(l)and its villages will go into captivity.
18 It will be a dark day for Tahpanhes when I break the yokes of Egypt. That's when her arrogant power will come to an end. She'll be covered by a cloud, and her citizens will go into captivity.
19 Thus will I punish Egypt, that they may know how that I am the LORD."
19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
19 So I will execute judgments against Egypt,and they will know that I am Yahweh.
19 I will judge Egypt, and they will learn that I am the LORD.'"
20 It happened in the eleventh year, upon the seventh day of the first Month, that the LORD's word came unto me, saying,
20 In the (AA)eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying,
20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
20 On the seventh day of the first month of the eleventh year of our captivity, a message came to me from the LORD. It had this to say:
21 "Behold, thou son of man, I will brake the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt: and lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, neither shall any plaster be laid upon it, for to ease it, or to make it so strong as to hold a sword.
21 “Son of man, I have (AB)broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been (AC)bound up (x)for healing (y)or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to hold the sword.
21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king 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.
21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm(M) 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.
21 "Son of Man, I've broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Look! It hasn't been set in a splint for healing or wrapped with a bandage so it could be strong enough to hold a sword!
22 Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will upon Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and bruise his strong arm - yet is it but a broken one - and will smite the sword out of his hand.
22 Therefore thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am (AD)against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the (AE)broken; and I will make the sword (AF)fall from his hand.
22 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
22 Therefore 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.
22 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says:
23 As for the Egyptians, I will scatter them among the Heathen, and straw them in the lands about.
23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
23 "I'm coming to attack Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and I'm going to break both of his arms, the strong one and the wounded one. That will make him drop his sword. I'm going to scatter Egypt throughout the surrounding nations and disperse them throughout the world.
24 Again I will strengthen the arm of the king of Babylon, and give him my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arm, so that he shall hold it before him piteously, like a wounded man.
24 For I will (AH)strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put (AI)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.
24 And I 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 shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
24 I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword(O) in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him as a mortally wounded man.
24 I'm going to strengthen the military might of the king of Babylon, put my own sword in his hand, and break Pharaoh's strength. Then Pharaoh will groan like a dying man right in front of the king of Babylon.
25 Yea I will establish the king of Babylon's arm, and the armies of Pharaoh shall fall down: that it may be known that I am the LORD, which give the king of Babylon my sword in his hand, that he may draw it out upon the land of Egypt.
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 (AJ)stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
25 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
25 I 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.
25 When I strengthen the military might of Babylon, the military might of Pharaoh will fail, and then they will learn that I am the LORD when I place my own sword in the hand of the king of Babylon. He will attack the land of Egypt.
26 And that when I scatter the Egyptians among the Gentiles, and straw them in the lands about, they may know that I am the LORD."
26 When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the Lord.’”
26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
26 When I disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them among the countries, they will know that I am Yahweh.”
26 When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the world, they will learn that I am the LORD.'"
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