1. The burden against Egypt.Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud,And will come into Egypt;The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence,And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.
2. “I will set Egyptians against Egyptians;Everyone will fight against his brother,And everyone against his neighbor,City against city, kingdom against kingdom.
3. The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst;I will destroy their counsel,And they will consult the idols and the charmers,The mediums and the sorcerers.
4. And the Egyptians I will giveInto the hand of a cruel master,And a fierce king will rule over them,”Says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
5. The waters will fail from the sea,And the river will be wasted and dried up.
6. The rivers will turn foul;The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up;The reeds and rushes will wither.
7. The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River,And everything sown by the River,Will wither, be driven away, and be no more.