1. A message came to me from the Lord. He said,
2. "Son of man, prophesy. Say, 'The Lord and King says, " ' "Cry out, 'A terrible day is coming!'
3. The day is near. The day of the Lord is coming. It will be a cloudy day. The nations have been sentenced to die.
4. I will send Nebuchadnezzar's sword against Egypt. Cush will suffer terribly. Many will die in Egypt. Then its wealth will be carried away. Its foundations will be torn down.
5. The people of Cush, Put, Lydia, Libya and the whole land of Arabia will be killed with swords. So will the Jews who live in Egypt. They went there from the covenant land of Israel. And the Egyptians will die too." ' "