A pronouncement concerning Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. Egypt’s worthless idols will tremble before him, and Egypt will lose heart.
‘I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night and strike every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, both people and animals. I am the Lord; I will execute judgements against all the gods of Egypt.
Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth , will mourn over him. ,, So it is to be. Amen.
‘ “This is what the Lord God says: I will destroy the worthless idols and put an end to the false gods in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt. And I will instil fear in that land.
Announce to the nations; proclaim and raise up a signal flag; proclaim, and hide nothing. Say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is terrified.’ Her idols are put to shame; her false gods devastated.
And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter, then rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague the Lord inflicts on the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
The Lord will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt will come to an end.
Look, riders come – horsemen in pairs.’ And he answered, saying, ‘Babylon has fallen, has fallen. All the images of her gods have been shattered on the ground.’
and said to them, ‘I know that the Lord has given you this land and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and everyone who lives in the land is panicking because of you. ,
You are angering me by the work of your hands. You are burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to stay for a while. As a result, you will be cut off and become an example for cursing and insult among all the nations of earth.
The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.
Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying every firstborn male the Lord had struck down among them, for the Lord had executed judgement against their gods.