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.
7 And they shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries,and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
8 Then they will know that I am the Lord,when I have set fire to Egypt,and all her helpers are broken.
9 “On that day messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting people of Cush, and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom; for, behold, it comes!