1 The Lord spoke to me again.
2 “Mortal man,” he said, “prophesy and announce what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying. You are to shout these words:A day of terror is coming!
3 The day is near, the day when the Lord will act,A day of clouds and trouble for the nations.
4 There will be war in EgyptAnd great distress in Ethiopia.Many in Egypt will be killed;The country will be plunderedAnd left in ruins.
5 “That war will also kill the soldiers hired from Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, Arabia, Kub, and even from among my own people.”
6 The Lord says, “From Migdol in the north to Aswan in the south, all Egypt's defenders will be killed in battle. Egypt's proud army will be destroyed. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.