Persians, Cretans, Lydians, Libyans and all the mixed multitude, and they of the children of My covenant, shall fall by the sword therein.

And the supports of Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her strength shall come down from Migdol to Syene; they shall fall by the sword in it, says the Lord.

Woe to you, you wings of the land of ships, beyond the rivers of Ethiopia.

He sends messengers by the sea, and paper letters on the water; for swift messengers shall go to a lofty nation, and to a strange and harsh people. Who is beyond it? A nation not looked for, and trodden down.

And the Lord said, As My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years, there shall be three years for signs and wonders to the Egyptians and Ethiopians;

And the Egyptians, being defeated, shall be ashamed of the Ethiopians, in whom they had trusted; for they were their glory.

You Ethiopians also are the slain of My sword.

And you shall say, I will go up to the rejected land; I will come upon them that are at ease in tranquility, and dwelling in peace, all inhabiting a land in which there is no wall, nor bars, nor have they doors;

And I will send a fire upon Gog, and the islands shall be securely inhabited; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

And the five men went on, and came to Laish; and they saw the people in the midst of it dwelling securely, at ease as is the manner of the Sidonians, and there is no one perverting or shaming a matter in the land, nor an heir extorting treasures; and they are far from the Sidonians, and they have no intercourse with anyone.

Rise up, you rich women, and hear my voice; you confident daughters, hearken to my words.

Be amazed, be pained, you confident ones; strip, bare yourselves, gird your loins

But now hear these words, you luxurious one, that sits [at ease], that is secure, that says in her heart, I am, and there is not another; I shall not sit [as] a widow, neither shall I know bereavement.

Rise up, and go up against a nation settled [and] dwelling at ease, who have no doors, nor bolts, nor bars, [who] dwell alone.

[ 3:1] This is the scornful city that dwells securely, that says in her heart, I am, and there is no longer any [to be] after me: how has she become desolate, and a habitation of wild beasts! Everyone that passes through her shall hiss, and shake their hands [in contempt].

For you yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.

And the sword shall come upon the Egyptians, and there shall be tumult in Ethiopia, and in Egypt [men] shall fall down slain together, and her foundations shall fall.

And all the princes of the nations of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and shall take off their crowns from their heads, and shall take off their embroidered garments; they shall be utterly amazed; they shall sit upon the ground, and fear their [own] destruction, and shall groan over you.

All the dwellers in the islands have mourned over you, and their kings have been utterly amazed, and their countenance has wept.

And I will provoke to anger the heart of many people, when I shall lead you captive among the nations, to a land which you have not known.

And many nations shall mourn over you, and their kings shall be utterly amazed, when My sword flies in their faces, as they wait for their [own] fall from the day of your fall.

And the land of the Jews shall be for a terror to the Egyptians; whosoever shall name it to them, they shall fear, because of the counsel which the Lord of hosts has purposed concerning it.

Moreover when it shall be heard in Egypt, sorrow shall seize them for Tyre.

For at the sound of their fall the earth was scared, and the cry of the sea was not heard.

Let the pine howl, because the cedar has fallen; for the mighty men have been greatly afflicted. Howl, you oaks of the land of Bashan, for the thickly planted forest has been torn down.

There is a voice of the shepherds mourning, for their greatness is brought low; a voice of roaring lions, for the pride of the Jordan is brought down.

But whenever it shall come [to pass], they will say, Behold, it is come; and they shall know that there was a prophet in the midst of them.

The Lord swears by His holiness, that behold, the days come upon you, when they shall take you with weapons, and fiery destroyers shall cast those with you into boiling caldrons.