1. And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2. Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Howl ye, Woe of the day!
3. For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the Gentiles.
4. And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great fear shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be destroyed.
5. Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
6. Thus hath the Lord said: Those also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down; from the tower of Syene they shall fall in it by the sword, said the Lord GOD.