| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, | 1Another message came to me from the LORD, who had this to say: |
| 2Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! | 2"Son of Man, here's what you are to prophesy and announce, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "Wail out loud! Oh no! The day! |
| 3For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. | 3For comes now the day— comes now the Day of the LORD, the day of clouds! The time of the gentiles is fulfilled! |
| 4And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. | 4War will come to Egypt, and Ethiopia will be in anguish when the slain fall in Egypt, when her wealth is carried off, and her foundations are demolished. |
| 5Ethiopia, 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. | 5"Ethiopia, Libya, descendants of Lud, all those who have mixed themselves, and Libya —along with everyone in the land of Israel who is in league with them—will die violently."'" |
| 6Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. | 6"This is what the LORD says: 'Those who are supporting Egypt will fall; her majestic strength that she brought from the Aswan fortress will collapse by the sword that invades her,' declares the Lord GOD. |
| 7And 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. | 7They'll remain desolate among desolate lands, their cities will be named among those that are ruined. |
| 8And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. | 8They will know that I am the LORD when I kindle my fire in Egypt and all who help her are crushed. |
| 9In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. | 9When that happens, couriers will go out in ships to terrify Ethiopia in its complacency. Anguish will visit them as it will visit Egypt. Watch out! It's coming!'" |
| 10Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. | 10"This is what the LORD says: 'I'm putting an end to that gang from Egypt, and I'm going to use King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, to do it! |
| 11He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. | 11He and his ruthless army with him will be brought to destroy the land. They'll draw their swords and attack Egypt, filling the land with the dead! |
| 12And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. | 12I'll dry up their waterways, and evil men will sell off the land. I'm going to make that land desolate, along with everything that's in it, and I'm going to use foreigners to do it. I, the LORD have spoken!'" |
| 13Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. | 13"This is what the Lord GOD says: 'I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images that come from Memphis. There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt, and I will terrify the land of Egypt. |
| 14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. | 14I'm going to turn Pathros into a desolation, set fire to Zoan, and judge Thebes. |
| 15And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. | 15I'll pour out my anger on Sin, Egypt's strong fortress, and I'll eliminate the gangs in Thebes. |
| 16And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. | 16I'll set fire to Egypt, and Aswan will writhe in agony. Thebes will be demolished, and Memphis will face daily distress. |
| 17The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. | 17The young men of On and Pi-beseth will die violently, and their cities will be taken captive. |
| 18At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. | 18It will be a dark day for Tahpanhes when I break the yokes of Egypt. That's when her arrogant power will come to an end. She'll be covered by a cloud, and her citizens will go into captivity. |
| 19Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD. | 19I will judge Egypt, and they will learn that I am the LORD.'" |
| 20And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, | 20On the seventh day of the first month of the eleventh year of our captivity, a message came to me from the LORD. It had this to say: |
| 21Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. | 21"Son of Man, I've broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Look! It hasn't been set in a splint for healing or wrapped with a bandage so it could be strong enough to hold a sword! |
| 22Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. | 22Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'I'm coming to attack Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and I'm going to break both of his arms, the strong one and the wounded one. That will make him drop his sword. |
| 23And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. | 23I'm going to scatter Egypt throughout the surrounding nations and disperse them throughout the world. |
| 24And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. | 24I'm going to strengthen the military might of the king of Babylon, put my own sword in his hand, and break Pharaoh's strength. Then Pharaoh will groan like a dying man right in front of the king of Babylon. |
| 25But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. | 25When I strengthen the military might of Babylon, the military might of Pharaoh will fail, and then they will learn that I am the LORD when I place my own sword in the hand of the king of Babylon. He will attack the land of Egypt. |
| 26And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD. | 26When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the world, they will learn that I am the LORD.'" |
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