Ezekiel 30:6-19

6This is what the Lord says: All the people who help Egypt will die in the battle. Egypt will no longer be proud of her great power. Egypt's soldiers will die everywhere, from Migdol to Aswan. That is what the Almighty Lord says.

7Egypt will become like a desert among other deserts. Its cities will become heaps of stones.

8I will burn Egypt with fire. I will destroy all those who fight to help Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

9At that time, I will send messengers in ships to Ethiopia. I will stop the Ethiopian people being proud of their power. Instead, the news about Egypt's trouble will make them very afraid. That day is coming soon! Be careful!

10This is what the Almighty Lord says: I will use King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to destroy Egypt's army.

11The king and his army will come to destroy the land. They are a nation of cruel people. They will attack Egypt's people with their swords. They will fill the land with dead bodies.

12I will cause the Nile river to become dry. I will put the land under the power of evil men. Foreigners will destroy the land of Egypt and everything that is in it. That is what I, the Lord, say.

13The Almighty Lord says this: I will destroy Egypt's idols and the false gods in Memphis. Egypt will no longer have its own ruler. I will cause Egypt's people to be very afraid.

14I will make Pathros a desert. I will burn Zoan with fire. I will punish the city of Thebes.

15I will punish Egypt's strong city of Pelusium. I will show the people there that I am very angry. I will destroy all the soldiers in Thebes.

16Yes, I will destroy all of Egypt with fire! The people of Pelusium will suffer with great pain. Enemies will knock down the walls of Thebes. The people of Memphis will live in fear every day.

17The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in the war. Enemies will take the other people from those cities as their prisoners.

18It will be a very dark day in Tahpanhes when I destroy Egypt's strength. Egypt will not be proud of her great power any more. A dark cloud will cover the land. Enemies will take away the people from Egypt's villages as prisoners.

19That is how I will punish Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord.” ’