11 The king of Babylonia is coming to attack you, king of Egypt!
12 Your soldiers will be killed by the cruellest army in the world, and everything you take pride in will be crushed.
13 I will slaughter your cattle that graze by the river, and no people or livestock will be left to muddy its water.
14 The water will be clear, and streams will be calm. I, the Lord God, have spoken.
15 Egypt will become a barren wasteland, and no living thing will ever survive there. Then you and your people will know that I am the Lord.
16 This is your warning, and it will be used as a funeral song by foreign women to mourn the death of your people. I, the Lord God, have spoken.
17 On the fifteenth day of that same month, the Lord said: