because of this, behold, I [will] bring on you strange plagues from the nations; and they shall draw their swords against you, and against the beauty of your knowledge,

his [hand] and his people's; [they are] plagues sent forth from the nations to destroy the land; and they all shall unsheathe their swords against Egypt, and the land shall be filled with slain.

therefore I delivered him into the hands of the prince of the nations, and he wrought his destruction.

The Lord shall bring upon you a nation from the extremity of the earth, like the swift flying of an eagle, a nation whose voice you shall not understand;

a nation bold in countenance, which shall not respect the person of the aged and shall not pity the young.

Wherefore, behold, I stir up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that walks upon the breadth of the earth, to inherit tabernacles not his own.

He is terrible and infamous; his judgment shall proceed of himself, and his dignity shall come out of himself.

Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I [will] give to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon the land of Egypt, and he shall take the plunder thereof, and seize the spoils thereof; and [it] shall be a reward for his army.

For You have made cities a heap, [even] cities [made] strong that their foundations should not fall; the city of ungodly men shall not be built forever.

Therefore shall the poor people bless You, and cities of injured men shall bless You.