20 At the beginning of May in the eleventh year since King Yehoyakin had been taken captive,[fn] Yahweh gave me a message: 21 “Son of humanity, I’ve broken the Mitsri (Egyptian) king Par’oh’s (Pharaoh’s) arm. Listen, it hasn’t been put in a splint, or set to heal with a bandage, so that it’ll become strong enough again to hold a sword. 22 Therefore the master Yahweh says this, ‘Listen, I’m against the Mitsri king Par’oh and I’ll break both his strong arm and the previously broken one, and I’ll make the sword fall from his grip. 23 Then I’ll scatter Mitsrayim (Egypt) among the other nations and disperse their people among the lands. 24 I’ll strengthen the Babylonian king’s arms and place my sword in his hand so that I can destroy Par’oh’s arms. He’ll groan in front of the Babylonian king with the groans of a dying man. 25 I’ll strengthen the arms of the Babylonian king, while Par’oh’s arms will fall. Then they’ll know that I am Yahweh, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Bavel (Babylon) and he uses it against Mitsrayim. 26 I’ll scatter Mitsrayim among the other nations and disperse their people through the lands. Then they’ll know that I am Yahweh.”