1. Oracle on Egypt:See, the Lord is riding on a swift cloudon his way to Egypt;The idols of Egypt tremble before him,the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.
2. I will stir up Egypt against Egypt:brother will war against brother,Neighbor against neighbor,city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
3. The courage of the Egyptians shall ebb away within them,and I will bring their counsel to nought;They shall consult idols and charmers, ghosts and clairvoyants.
4. I will deliver Egyptinto the power of a cruel master,A harsh king who shall rule over them—oracle of the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
5. The waters shall be drained from the sea,the river shall parch and dry up;
6. Its streams shall become foul,and the canals of Egypt shall dwindle and parch.Reeds and rushes shall wither away,
7. and bulrushes on the bank of the Nile;All the sown land along the Nileshall dry up and blow away, and be no more.
8. The fishermen shall mourn and lament,all who cast hook in the Nile;Those who spread their nets in the watershall pine away.
9. The linen-workers shall be disappointed,the combers and weavers shall turn pale;