Oracle of Judgment on Egypt

• 19 An oracle of Egypt:Look! Yahweh is riding on a swift cloud
  • and is coming to Egypt.
• And the idols of Egypt will tremble in front of him,
  • and the heart of Egypt melts in his inner parts.
  • 2 [fn] against[fn] and each one will fight against his brother
• and each one against his neighbor,
  • city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
  • 3 [fn] will be disturbed in his midst, and I will[fn] his plans,[fn]
• and they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
  • and the ghosts and the spiritists.
  • 4 [fn] into the hand of a hard master, and a powerful king will rule over them,”
• [fn] the Lord Yahweh of hosts.
  • 5 the waters will be dried up from the sea, and the river will be parched and dry.
  • 6 the rivers will become foul-smelling; the branches of the Nile of Egypt will become little and dry up;
  • reed and rush will wither.
  • 7 the Nile will be dried up, by the edge of the Nile and all the sown land of the Nile;
  • it will be driven about, and[fn]
  • 8  and all of those who cast fishhooks[fn] in the Nile will lament,
  • and those who spread out fishing nets[fn] on the[fn] of the water will languish.
  • 9 the workers of combed flax will be ashamed, and those who weave white linen.
  • 10  all the[fn] will be grieved of heart.
  • 11 are foolish; the wise of the counselors of Pharaoh give senseless counsel.
• How can you say to Pharaoh,
  • “I myself am a son of sages,
  • a[fn] of ancient kings”?
  • 12 are your sages then? Now, let them tell you,
  • and let them know what Yahweh of hosts has planned against Egypt.
  • 13  the princes of Memphis are deceived;
  • the leaders of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
  • 14  and they have caused Egypt to stagger in all of its doings,
    • as[fn] in his vomit.
  • 15 [fn] head or tail, palm branch or reed.