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Rh they wrought for Me, saith the Lord.

In that day will I cause a horn to shoot up unto the house of Israel, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the .'

And the word of the came unto me, saying: 'Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord :


 * Wail ye: Woe worth the day!
 * For the day is near,
 * Even the day of the is near,
 * A day of clouds, it shall be the time of the nations.
 * And a sword shall come upon Egypt,
 * And convulsion shall be in Ethiopia,
 * When the slain shall fall in Egypt;
 * And they shall take away her abundance,
 * And her foundation shall be broken down.

Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.


 * Thus saith the :
 * They also that uphold Egypt shall fall,
 * And the pride of her power shall come down;
 * From Migdol to Syene shall they fall in it by the sword,
 * Saith the Lord.
 * And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate,
 * And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
 * And they shall know that I am the ,
 * When I have set a fire in Egypt,
 * And all her helpers are destroyed.
 * In that day shall messengers go forth from before Me in ships
 * To make the confident Ethiopians afraid;
 * And there shall come convulsion upon them in the day of Egypt;
 * For, lo, it cometh.


 * Thus saith the Lord :
 * I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease,
 * By the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
 * He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations,
 * Shall be brought in to destroy the land;
 * And they shall draw their swords against Egypt,
 * And fill the land with the slain.
 * And I will make the rivers dry,
 * And will give the land over into the hand of evil men;
 * And I will make the land desolate,
 * And all that is therein, by the hand of strangers;
 * I the have spoken it.


 * Thus saith the Lord :
 * I will also destroy the idols,
 * And I will cause the things of nought to cease from Noph;
 * And there shall be no more a prince out of the land of Egypt;
 * And I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
 * And I will make Pathros desolate,
 * And will set a fire in Zoan,
 * And will execute judgments in No.
 * And I will pour My fury upon Sin, the stronghold of Egypt;
 * And I will cut off the multitude of No.
 * And I will set a fire in Egypt;
 * Sin shall be in great convulsion,
 * And No shall be rent asunder;