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.
23. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations.
24. I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong. I will put my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh. Then Pharaoh will cry out in pain, the kind of cry that a dying man makes.
25. So I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. Then they will know that I am the Lord. “I will put my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon. Then he will stretch the sword out against the land of Egypt.
26. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord!”