16 I will set fire to Egypt.Pelusium will be in great pain.The walls of Thebes will be broken open,and Memphis will have troubles every day.
17 The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastiswill fall dead in war,and the people will be taken away as captives.
18 In Tahpanhes the day will be darkwhen I break Egypt’s power.Then she will no longer be proud of her power.A cloud will cover Egypt,and her villages will be captured and taken away.
19 So I will punish Egypt,and they will know I am the Lord.’ ”
20 It was in the eleventh year of our captivity, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
21 “Human, I have broken the powerful arm of the king of Egypt. It has not been tied up, so it will not get well. It has not been wrapped with a bandage, so it will not be strong enough to hold a sword in war.
22 So this is what the Lord God says: I am against the king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong arm and the broken arm, and I will make the sword fall from his hand.