| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1The word of the LORD came to me again, saying, | 1The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, |
| 2“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’ | 2Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! |
| 3For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles. | 3For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. |
| 4The sword shall come upon Egypt, And great anguish shall be in Ethiopia, When the slain fall in Egypt, And they take away her wealth, And her foundations are broken down. | 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. |
| 5“Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword.” | 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. |
| 6‘Thus says the LORD: “Those who uphold Egypt shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall fall by the sword,” Says the Lord GOD. | 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. |
| 7“They shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries, And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste. | 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. |
| 8Then they will know that I am the LORD, When I have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are destroyed. | 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. |
| 9On that day messengers shall go forth from Me in ships To make the careless Ethiopians afraid, And great anguish shall come upon them, As on the day of Egypt; For indeed it is coming!” | 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. |
| 10‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. | 10Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. |
| 11He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations, Shall be brought to destroy the land; They shall draw their swords against Egypt, And fill the land with the slain. | 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. |
| 12I will make the rivers dry, And sell the land into the hand of the wicked; I will make the land waste, and all that is in it, By the hand of aliens. I, the LORD, have spoken.” | 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. |
| 13‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will also destroy the idols, And cause the images to cease from Noph; There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt; I will put fear in the land of Egypt. | 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. |
| 14I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No. | 14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. |
| 15I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; I will cut off the multitude of No, | 15And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. |
| 16And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily. | 16And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. |
| 17The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity. | 17The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. |
| 18At Tehaphnehes the day shall also be darkened, When I break the yokes of Egypt there. And her arrogant strength shall cease in her; As for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her daughters shall go into captivity. | 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. |
| 19Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, Then they shall know that I am the LORD.” ’ ” | 19Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD. |
| 20And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying, | 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, |
| 21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword. | 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. |
| 22Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Surely I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall out of his hand. | 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. |
| 23I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries. | 23And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. |
| 24I 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 will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man. | 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. |
| 25Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; they shall know that I am the LORD, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. | 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. |
| 26I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.’ ” | 26And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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