12. I will make the Nile River become dry land. Then I will sell the dry land to evil people. I will use strangers to make that land empty. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
13. This is what the Lord GOD says: “I will also destroy the idols in Egypt. I will take the statues away from Memphis. There will no longer be a leader in the land of Egypt. I will put fear there instead.
14. I will make Pathros empty. I will start a fire in Zoan. I will punish Thebes.
15. I will pour out my anger against Pelusium, the fortress of Egypt! I will destroy the people of Thebes.
16. I will start a fire in Egypt; the city of Pelusium will ache with fear. The soldiers will break into the city of Thebes, and Memphis will have new troubles every day.
17. The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle, and the women will be taken away as prisoners.
18. It will be a dark day in Tahpanhes when I break Egypt’s control. Her proud power will be finished! A cloud will cover Egypt, and her daughters will be taken away as prisoners.
19. So I will punish Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord!”
20. On the seventh day of the first month of the eleventh year of exile, the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
21. “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. No one will wrap his arm with a bandage. It will not heal, so his arm will not be strong enough to hold a sword.”
22. This is what the Lord GOD says: “I am against Pharaoh, king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the strong arm and the arm that is already broken. I will make the sword fall from his hand.