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11 Nebuchadnezzar and his army
    are the cruelest army of any nation.
    They will be brought in to destroy the land.
They will pull out their swords against Egypt.
    They will fill the land with those they kill.
12 I will make the streams of the Nile River become dry land.
    Then I will sell the dry land to evil people.
I will destroy the land and everything in it.
    I will do it through the power of strangers.

I, the Lord, have spoken.

Egypt’s Idols Are Destroyed

13 “‘This is what the Lord God says:

I will destroy the idols.
    And I will take away the statues of false gods from the city of Memphis.
There will no longer be a leader in Egypt.
    And I will spread fear through the land of Egypt.

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11 He and his army—the most ruthless of nations(A)
    will be brought in to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt
    and fill the land with the slain.(B)
12 I will dry up(C) the waters of the Nile(D)
    and sell the land to an evil nation;
by the hand of foreigners
    I will lay waste(E) the land and everything in it.

I the Lord have spoken.

13 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will destroy the idols(F)
    and put an end to the images in Memphis.(G)
No longer will there be a prince in Egypt,(H)
    and I will spread fear throughout the land.

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