1 ¶ God’s sentence on Egypt. Behold, the LORD is coming to Egypt riding on a swift cloud: and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence, and the courage of Egypt will melt away.

2 And I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian: and each will fight against his brother, and against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

3 And in the midst of it the courage of Egypt will fail; and I will confuse their plans: and they will seek help from their idols, and from sorcerers, those who have familiar spirits, and wizards.

4 And I will deliver the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel master; and a fierce king will rule over them, says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

5 And the waters of the Nile will be dried up, and the river will be parched and dry.

6 And the streams will become foul; and the canals and channels will be emptied and dried up: the reeds and rushes will wither.

7 The paper rushes by the Nile, by the channels of its delta, and every thing sown along them, will wither, be blown away, and be no more.

8 The fishermen will weep, all who cast hooks into the channels will lament, and those who spread their nets on the water will dwindle.

9 Moreover those who work in fine flax, and those who weave cotton, will be in despair.

10 And all who make sluices and ponds for fish will mourn, for its watery places will be dry.

11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, and Pharaoh’s wisest advisors give foolish advice: how can you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of wise men, a son of ancient kings?

12 Where are they? where are your wise men? let them now tell you, and let them make known what the LORD of hosts has planned for Egypt.

13 The leaders of Zoan have become foolish, the princes of Memphis are deceived; her tribal chieftains have led Egypt astray.

14 The LORD has mixed within her a spirit of confusion: and they have caused Egypt to err in everything she does, like a drunkard staggering in his vomit.

15 Nor will there be anything that can be done for Egypt, by head or tail, branch or rush.

16 In that day the Egyptians will be like women: and they will tremble in fear because the LORD of armies is shaking his fist at them.

17 And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt, every one to whom this is mentioned will be frightened, because of what the LORD of hosts is planning against her.

18 ¶ At that time five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan, and swear loyalty to the LORD of hosts; one will be called, The city of the Sun.

19 At that time there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border.

20 And they will be for a reminder and a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: so when they cry to the LORD because of those who oppress them, he will send them a savior, and a great one, and he will deliver them.

21 And the LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day, and will worship him with sacrifices and food offerings; yea, they will vow a vow to the LORD, and perform it.

22 For the LORD will strike Egypt: he will strike and heal it: and they will return to the LORD, and he will listen to their prayers, and will heal them.

23 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship the Lord with the Assyrians.

24 In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the land:

25 Whom the LORD of hosts will bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.