1 The burden of the cup of cursing to make the Egyptians drink. The LORD is revealed in the cloud of His glory, to take vengeance on the Egyptians; and the idols of the Egyptians will be broken before His face, and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them. 2 And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will wage war, every man against his brother and every man against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom. 3 And the spirit of the Egyptians will melt within them, and I will destroy their wise men; and they will resort to the idols, and to the charmers, to the deceivers, and to the diviners. 4 And I will hand over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord, and a fierce king will rule over them, says the Lord of the world, the LORD of hosts. 5 And the waters of the sea will be laid desolate, and their river will be wasted and dried up. 6 And their rivers will be laid waste, and their deep streams will be dried up and wasted; the reeds and rushes will not grow. 7 And the greater part of the river will wither, along with what is on its bank; every sown place by their rivers will wither, will be dried up, and nothing will grow. 8 The fishermen will be made desolate, and all who cast a hook into the brook, and those who spread nets on the face of the waters, will be destroyed. 9 Those who work combed flax and weave nets from it will be dismayed. 10 And the well-watered places will be trampled underfoot, where they have been making pits, water-pools, each one for himself. 11 Surely the princes of Tanis have become foolish; the wise counselors of Pharaoh have given foolish counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, “We are the sons of the wise, and you are the son of ancient kings”? 12 Where are your wise men? Let them tell you now, and let them make known what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt. 13 The princes of Tanis have become foolish, the men of Memphis are deceived; they have led the Egyptians astray, the lords of the provinces. 14 The LORD has sent among them a spirit of confusion, and they have led the Egyptians astray in all their works, as a drunkard staggers and slips in his vomit. 15 And the Egyptians will have no king to reign, no prince, noble, governor, or ruler. 16 At that time the Egyptians will be weak; they will be afraid and tremble because of the lifting up of the power of the LORD of hosts, which He is raising against them. 17 And the land of the house of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; whenever anyone mentions it to them, they will tremble, because of the purpose of the LORD of hosts, which He has purposed against them. 18 At that time there will be five cities in the land of Egypt speaking the language of Canaan and swearing by the name of the LORD of hosts. The city of Beth-Shemesh, which is to be destroyed, will be called one of them.⁠a 19 At that time an altar will be prepared before the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at its border before the LORD. 20 And it will be for a sign and for a witness before the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; when they pray before the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a Savior and a Judge, and He will deliver them. 21 And the power of the LORD will be revealed to do good to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will know the fear of the LORD at that time, and they will worship with holy sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows before the LORD and perform them. 22 And the LORD will strike Egypt with a stroke and will heal them, and they will return to the worship of the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them. 23 And at that time there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria; the Assyrians will fight against the Egyptians, and the Egyptians against the Assyrians, and the Egyptians will serve the Assyrians. 24 And at that time Israel will be a third party with the Egyptians and the Assyrians, a blessing in the midst of the land, 25 whom the LORD of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be my people, whom I brought out of Egypt; and because they sinned before me, I carried them captive into Assyria; but when they repent, they are called my people, and Israel my inheritance.”