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Egypt and Her Allies Will Fall

¹The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, ²“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
⚓“Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’
³For ⚓the day is near,
Even the day of the Lordis near;
It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
⁸Then they will know that I am the Lord,
When I have set a fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are destroyed.
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!”
¹⁰‘Thus says the Lord God:
⚓“I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease
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.
¹²⚓I 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.”
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.
¹⁴I will make ⚓Pathros desolate,
Set fire to ⚓Zoan,
⚓And execute judgments in No.
¹⁵I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt;
⚓I will cut off the multitude of No,
¹⁶And ⚓set a fire in Egypt;
Sin shall have great pain,
No shall be split open,
And Noph shall be in distress daily.
¹⁷The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword,
And these cities shall go into captivity.
¹⁸⚓At 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.
¹⁹Thus I will ⚓execute judgments on Egypt,
Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”

Proclamation Against Pharaoh

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, 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. 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. ²³⚓I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout 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. 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. ²⁶⚓I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’ ”

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Quaj Ntsuag Rau Tebchaws Iziv

¹Tus TSWV hais rau kuv ntxiv hais tias, ²“Tub noobneej, koj cia li cev kuv tej raws li tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam tej lus:
Hnub uas muaj kev txhawj ntshai
los yuav txog!
³Hnub ntawd twb los ze lawm, yog
hnub uas tus TSWV rau txim,
Yog hnub muaj kev tsaus ntuj thiab
kev txomnyem rau txhua haivneeg.
⁴Yuav muaj kev ua tsov ua rog hauv
tebchaws Iziv,
thiab muaj kev kub ntxhov nyob hauv tebchaws Sudas.
Ntau leej yuav raug tua rau hauv tebchaws Iziv;
Neeg yuav tuaj huab ua rau lub tebchaws puastsuaj tas.
⁵“Kev sib tua zaum no ua rau cov tubrog Sudas, Lidias, Linpias, Alanpias, Kub thiab kuv cov tubrog raug tua tuag tas.”
⁶Tus TSWV hais tias, “Cov neeg uas tuaj pab cov Iziv thiab Iziv cov tubrog uas khavtheeb yuav raug tua tuag tas rau hauv tshavrog. Txij ntua ntawm Minkedaus uas nyob sab qaumteb mus txog rau ntawm lub nroog Axavas uas nyob sab qabteb. Kuv yog tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam hais li ntawd. ⁷Cov tebchaws ntawd yuav nyob qhuav nquas hauv ntiajteb, thiab lawv tej nroog yuav puastsuaj tas. ⁸Thaum uas kuv zes hluavtaws hlawv lub tebchaws Iziv, cov neeg uas pab nws yuav raug tua tuag tas huv tibsi, lawv thiaj yuav paub hais tias kuv yog tus TSWV.
⁹“Thaum txog hnub ntawd cov Iziv yuav raug puastsuaj tas. Kuv yuav tso ib pab neeg caij nkoj mus hem cov neeg Sudas uas nyob tso siab lug kom lawv ntshai heev. Hnub ntawd twb los yuav txog!”
¹⁰Tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam hais tias, “Kuv yuav cia Vajntxwv Nenpukajnexales uas kav tebchaws Npanpiloos ua kom tebchaws Iziv txojkev npluanuj ploj kiag mus. ¹¹Nenpukajnexales thiab nws tsoom tubrog uas tsis hlub leejtwg yuav coj ntaj tuaj tua tebchaws Iziv kom puastsuaj tas thiab yuav muaj neeg tuag nyob rau txhua qhov. ¹²Kuv yuav ua kom tus dej Niles nqhuab thiab muab lub tebchaws Iziv rau cov neeg txawv tebchaws uas siab phem ua kom puastsuaj tas. Kuv uas yog tus TSWV hais li ntawd.”
¹³Tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam hais tias, “Kuv yuav rhuav tej mlom thiab tej vajtswv cuav uas nyob hauv lub nroog Meefis kom puastsuaj. Kuv yuav ua rau txhua tus ntshai kom tsis muaj ib tug neeg twg kam los kav lub tebchaws Iziv li. ¹⁴Kuv yuav ua kom tebchaws Iziv sab qabteb nyob qhuav nquas cia thiab zes hluavtaws hlawv lub nroog Xau-as uas nyob sab qaumteb, thiab kuv yuav rau txim rau lub tuamceeb nroog Thenpes. ¹⁵Kuv txojkev chim yuav los raug lub nroog Peluxi-oos uas yog cov Iziv lub nroog ruaj khov. Thiab kuv yuav rhuav lub nroog Thenpes tej kev npluanuj. ¹⁶Kuv yuav zes hluavtaws hlawv lub tebchaws Iziv, ces lub nroog Peluxi-oos yuav raug kev txomnyem. Lub nroog Thenpes tej ntsayeej pob tas thiab dej yuav nyab lub nroog. ¹⁷Cov tub hluas uas nyob hauv lub nroog Heli-aupulis thiab Npunpatis yuav raug luag tua tuag tas, dua li cov yuav raug luag ntes mus. ¹⁸Thaum kuv txo cov Iziv lub hwjchim thiab lawv txojkev khavtheeb, kev tsaus ntuj yuav los raug lub nroog Tapahes. Huab yuav los nroos lub tebchaws Iziv, ces cov neeg uas nyob hauv nws tej nroog yuav raug luag ntes mus. ¹⁹Thaum kuv rau txim rau lub tebchaws Iziv, lawv thiaj yuav paub hais tias kuv yog tus TSWV.”

Cem Vajntxwv Iziv

²⁰Lub ib hlis ntuj hnub xiab xya, xyoo kaum ib uas peb raug ntes mus, tus TSWV hais rau kuv hais tias: ²¹“Tub noobneej, kuv twb ua rau Falaus uas yog cov Iziv tus vajntxwv txhais npab lov lawm. Tsis muaj leejtwg muab ntaub qhwv kho kom zoo thiab muaj zog rov tuav taus ntaj. ²²Yog li ntawd, kuv yog tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam, kuv hais li no: Kuv yog Falaus uas yog cov Iziv tus vajntxwv tus yeebncuab, kuv yuav lov dua nws ib sab npab kom ob sab lov huv tibsi, nws thiaj tuav tsis taus ntaj. ²³Kuv yuav ua kom cov Iziv tawg mus nyob thoob ntiajteb. ²⁴Kuv yuav ua rau tus vajntxwv uas kav tebchaws Npanpiloos ob txhais npab muaj zog heev thiab muab kuv rab ntaj cob rau nws. Tiamsis kuv yuav muab Falaus uas yog cov Iziv tus vajntxwv ob txhais npab lov, ces nws yuav quaj thiab tuag tabmeeg nws tus yeebncuab. ²⁵Kuv yuav txo Falaus lub zog thiab txhawb cov Npanpiloos tus vajntxwv lub zog. Thaum kuv muab kuv rab ntaj rau tus vajntxwv uas kav lub tebchaws Npanpiloos mus tua tebchaws Iziv, txhua tus thiaj yuav paub hais tias kuv yog tus TSWV. ²⁶Kuv yuav ua kom cov Iziv tawg mus nyob thoob ntiajteb. Lawv thiaj yuav paub hais tias kuv yog tus TSWV.”