"Wail, 'Alas for the day!
30 3 For the day is near,
the day of Yahweh is near;
it will be a day of clouds,
a time of doom for the nations.
30 4 A sword shall come upon Egypt,
and anguish shall be in Ethiopia,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
and her wealth is carried away,
and her foundations are torn down.
30 5 Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya, and the people of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. 30 6 "Thus says Yahweh:
Those who support Egypt shall fall,
and her proud might shall come down;
from Migdol to Syene
they shall fall within her by the sword,
says Yahweh GOD.
30 7 And she shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries
and her cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
30 8 Then they will know that I am Yahweh,
when I have set fire to Egypt,
and all her helpers are broken.
30 9 "On that day swift messengers shall go forth from me to terrify the unsuspecting Ethiopians; and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom; for, lo, it comes!
30 10 "Thus says Yahweh GOD:
I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt,
by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
30 11 He and his people with him, the most 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.
30 12 And I will dry up the Nile,
and will sell the land into the hand of evil men;
I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,
by the hand of foreigners;
I, Yahweh, have spoken.
30 13 "Thus says Yahweh GOD:
I will destroy the idols,
and put an end to the images, in Memphis;
there shall no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt;
so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
30 14 I will make Pathros a desolation,
and will set fire to Zoan,
and will execute acts of judgment upon Thebes.
30 15 And I will pour my wrath upon Pelusium,
the stronghold of Egypt,
and cut off the multitude of Thebes.
30 16 And I will set fire to Egypt;
Pelusium shall be in great agony;
Thebes shall be breached,
and its walls broken down.
30 17 The young men of On and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword;
and the women shall go into captivity.
30 18 At Tehaphnehes the day shall be dark,
when I break there the dominion of Egypt,
and her proud might shall come to an end;
she shall be covered by a cloud,
and her daughters shall go into captivity.
30 19 Thus I will execute acts of judgment upon Egypt.
Then they will know that I am Yahweh."