Dual Panel1Here is a message <04853> about Egypt <04714>: Look <02009>, the Lord <03068> rides <07392> on <05921> a swift-moving <07031> cloud <05645> and approaches <0935> Egypt <04714>. The idols <0457> of Egypt <04714> tremble <05128> before <06440> him; the Egyptians <04714> lose their courage <07130> <04549> <03824>.
2“I will provoke <05526> civil strife <04714> in Egypt <04714>, brothers <0251> will fight <03898> with each other <0376>, as will neighbors <07453>, cities <05892> <05892>, and kingdoms <04467> <04467>.
3The Egyptians <04714> will panic <07307> <01238>, and I will confuse <01104> their strategy <06098>. They will seek guidance <01875> from <0413> the idols <0457> and from <0413> the spirits of the dead <0328>, from <0413> the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits <0178>, and from <0413> the magicians <03049>.
4I will hand <03027> <05534> Egypt <04714> over to a harsh <07186> master <0113>; a powerful <05794> king <04428> will rule <04910> over them,” says <05002> the sovereign master <0113>, the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635>.
5The water <04325> of the sea <03220> will be dried up <03001>, and the river <05104> will dry up <02717> and be empty <05405>.
6The canals <05104> will stink <02186>; the streams <02975> of Egypt <04693> will trickle <01809> and then dry up <02717>; the bulrushes <07070> and reeds <05488> will decay <07060>,
7along with <05921> the plants <06169> by <05921> the mouth <06310> of the river <02975>. All <03605> the cultivated land <04218> near the river <02975> will turn to dust <03001> and be blown away <05086>.
8The fishermen <01771> will mourn <0578> and lament <056>, all <03605> those who cast <07993> a fishhook <02443> into the river <02975>, and those who spread out <06566> a net <04365> on <05921> the water’s <04325> surface <06440> will grieve <0535>.
9Those who make <05647> clothes from combed <08305> flax <06593> will be embarrassed <0954>; those who weave <0707> will turn pale <02355>.
10Those who make cloth <08356> will be <01961> demoralized <01792>; all <03605> the hired <07938> workers <06213> will be depressed <05315> <099>.
11The officials <08269> of Zoan <06814> are nothing but <0389> fools <0196>; Pharaoh’s <06547> wise <02450> advisers <06098> give stupid <01197> advice <06098>. How <0349> dare you say <0559> to <0413> Pharaoh <06547>, “I <0589> am one <01121> of the sages <02450>, one <01121> well-versed in the writings of the ancient <06924> kings <04428>?”
12But where <0335>, oh where <0645>, are your wise men <02450>? Let them tell <05046> you, let <04994> them find out <03045> what <04100> the Lord <03069> who commands armies <06635> has planned <03289> for <05921> Egypt <04714>.
13The officials <08269> of Zoan <06814> are fools <02973>, the officials <08269> of Memphis <05297> are misled <05377>; the rulers <06438> of her tribes <07626> lead Egypt <04714> astray <08582>.
14The Lord <03068> has made them undiscerning <04537>; they lead <08582> Egypt <04714> astray <08582> in all <03605> she does <04639>, so that she is like a drunk <07910> sliding around <08582> in his own vomit <06892>.
15Egypt <04714> will not <03808> be <01961> able to do <06213> a thing <04639>, head <07218> or tail <02180>, shoots <03712> and stalk <0100>.
16At that <01931> time <03117> the Egyptians <04714> will be like <01961> women <0802>. They will tremble <02729> and fear <06342> because the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635> brandishes <08573> his fist <03027> against <06440> them.
17The land <0127> of Judah <03063> will <01961> humiliate <02283> Egypt <04714>. Everyone <03605> who <0834> hears <02142> about Judah will be afraid <06342> because <06440> of what <06098> the Lord <03068> who <0834> commands armies <06635> is planning <03289> to do to <05921> them <01931>.
18At that <01931> time <03117> five <02568> cities <05892> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> will speak <01696> the language <08193> of Canaan <03667> and swear <07650> allegiance to the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635>. One <0259> will be called <0559> the City <05892> of the Sun <02041>.
19At that <01931> time <03117> there will be <01961> an altar <04196> for the Lord <03068> in the middle <08432> of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, as well as a sacred pillar <04676> dedicated to the Lord <03068> at <0681> its border <01366>.
20It will become <01961> a visual <0226> reminder <05707> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> of the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635>. When <03588> they cry out <06817> to <0413> the Lord <03068> because <06440> of oppressors <03905>, he will send <07971> them a deliverer <03467> and defender <07227> who will rescue <05337> them.
21The Lord <03068> will reveal <03045> himself to the Egyptians <04714>, and they will acknowledge <03045> the Lord’s <03068> authority at that time <03117>. They <01931> will present <05647> sacrifices <02077> and offerings <04503>; they will make <05087> vows <05088> to the Lord <03068> and fulfill <07999> them.
22The Lord <03068> will strike <05062> Egypt <04714>, striking <05062> and then healing <07495> them. They will turn <07725> to <05704> the Lord <03068> and he will listen <06279> to their prayers <06279> and heal <07495> them.
23At that <01931> time <03117> there will be <01961> a highway <04546> from Egypt <04714> to Assyria <0804>. The Assyrians <0804> will visit <0935> Egypt <04714>, and the Egyptians <04714> will visit Assyria <0804>. The Egyptians <04714> and Assyrians <0804> will worship <05647> together.
24At that time <03117> Israel <03478> will be the third <07992> member of the group, along with Egypt <04714> and Assyria <0804>, and will be a recipient <07130> of blessing <01293> in the earth <0776>.
25The Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635> will pronounce a blessing <01288> over the earth, saying <0559>, “Blessed <01288> be my people <05971>, Egypt <04714>, and the work <04639> of my hands <03027>, Assyria <0804>, and my special possession <05159>, Israel <03478>!”