13-19 “‘And now this is what God, the Master, says:“‘I’ll smash all the no-god idols;I’ll topple all those huge statues in Memphis.The prince of Egypt will be gone for good,and in his place I’ll put fear—fear throughout Egypt!I’ll demolish Pathros,burn Zoan to the ground, and punish Thebes,Pour my wrath on Pelusium, Egypt’s fort,and knock Thebes off its proud pedestal.I’ll set Egypt on fire:Pelusium will writhe in pain,Thebes blown away,Memphis raped.The young warriors of On and Pi-besethwill be killed and the cities exiled.A dark day for Tahpanheswhen I shatter Egypt,When I break Egyptian powerand put an end to her arrogant oppression!She’ll disappear in a cloud of dust,her cities hauled off as exiles.That’s how I’ll punish Egypt,and that’s how she’ll realize that I am God.’”
20 In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, God’s Message came to me:
21 “Son of man, I’ve broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And look! It hasn’t been set. No splint has been put on it so the bones can knit and heal, so he can use a sword again.
22-26 “Therefore, God, the Master, says, I am dead set against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will go ahead and break his other arm—both arms broken! There’s no way he’ll ever swing a sword again. I’ll scatter Egyptians all over the world. I’ll make the arms of the king of Babylon strong and put my sword in his hand, but I’ll break the arms of Pharaoh and he’ll groan like one who is mortally wounded. I’ll make the arms of the king of Babylon strong, but the arms of Pharaoh shall go limp. The Egyptians will realize that I am God when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon. He’ll wield it against Egypt and I’ll scatter Egyptians all over the world. Then they’ll realize that I am God.”