1. An oracle concerning Egypt.Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloudand comes to Egypt;and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
2. And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, each against anotherand each against his neighbor,city against city, kingdom against kingdom;
3. and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,and I will confound their counsel;and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,and the mediums and the necromancers;
4. and I will give over the Egyptiansinto the hand of a hard master,and a fierce king will rule over them,declares the Lord God of hosts.
5. And the waters of the sea will be dried up,and the river will be dry and parched,
6. and its canals will become foul,and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up,reeds and rushes will rot away.
7. There will be bare places by the Nile,on the brink of the Nile,and all that is sown by the Nile will be parched,will be driven away, and will be no more.
8. The fishermen will mourn and lament,all who cast a hook in the Nile;and they will languishwho spread nets on the water.
9. The workers in combed flax will be in despair,and the weavers of white cotton.
10. Those who are the pillars of the land will be crushed,and all who work for pay will be grieved.
11. The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish;the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.How can you say to Pharaoh,“I am a son of the wise,a son of ancient kings”?