Proclamation Against Egypt
The aburden against Egypt.
Behold, the Lord brides on a swift cloud,
And will come into Egypt;
cThe idols of Egypt will totter at His presence,
And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.
2 “I will aset Egyptians against Egyptians;
Everyone will fight against his brother,
And everyone against his neighbor,
City against city, kingdom against kingdom.
3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst;
I will destroy their counsel,
And they will aconsult the idols and the charmers,
The mediums and the sorcerers.
4 And the Egyptians I will give
aInto the hand of a cruel master,
And a fierce king will rule over them,”
Says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
5 aThe waters will fail from the sea,
And the river will be wasted and dried up.
6 The rivers will turn foul;
The brooks aof defense will be emptied and dried up;
The reeds and rushes will wither.
7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River,
And everything sown by the River,
Will wither, be driven away, and be no more.
8 The fishermen also will mourn;
All those will lament who cast hooks into the River,
And they will languish who spread nets on the waters.
9 Moreover those who work in afine flax
And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed;
10 And its foundations will be broken.
All who make wages will be troubled of soul.
11 Surely the princes of aZoan are fools;
Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel.
bHow do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise,
The son of ancient kings?”
12 aWhere are they?
Where are your wise men?
Let them tell you now,
And let them know what the Lord of hosts has bpurposed against Egypt.
13 The princes of Zoan have become fools;
aThe princes of Noph are deceived;
They have also deluded Egypt,
Those who are the mainstay of its tribes.
14 The Lord has mingled aa perverse spirit in her midst;
And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work,
As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
15 Neither will there be any work for Egypt,
Which athe head or tail,
Palm branch or bulrush, may do.
16 In that day Egypt will abe like women, and will be afraid and fear because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, bwhich He waves over it. 17 And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts which He has adetermined against it.
Egypt, Assyria, and Israel Blessed
18 In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will aspeak the language of Canaan and bswear by the Lord of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction.
19 In that day athere will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the bLord at its border. 20 And ait will be for a sign and for a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the Lord because of the oppressors, and He will send them a bSavior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them. 21 Then the Lord will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will aknow the Lord in that day, and bwill make sacrifice and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the Lord and perform it. 22 And the Lord will strike Egypt, He will strike and aheal it; they will return to the Lord, and He will be entreated by them and heal them.
23 In that day athere will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will bserve with the Assyrians.
24 In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing in the midst of the land, 25 whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria athe work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.” The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson.
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