1 The word of the Lord came to me:
2 “Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
3 For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near;it will be a day of clouds,a time of doom for the nations.
4 A sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Cush,when the slain fall in Egypt,and her wealth is carried away,and her foundations are torn down.
5 Cush, 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.
6 “Thus says the Lord: Those who support Egypt shall fall,and her proud might shall come down; from Migdol to Syenethey shall fall within her by the sword,declares the Lord God.