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12 I will dry up the Nile and sell the whole land to wicked men. I will destroy Egypt and everything in it, using foreigners to do it. I, the Lord, have spoken it.

13 “And I will smash the idols of Egypt and the images at Memphis, and there will be no king in Egypt; anarchy shall reign!

14 “The cities of Pathros along the upper Nile,[a] Zoan, and Thebes shall lie in ruins by my hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 30:14 along the upper Nile, implied.

12 I will dry up(A) the waters of the Nile(B)
    and sell the land to an evil nation;
by the hand of foreigners
    I will lay waste(C) the land and everything in it.

I the Lord have spoken.

13 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will destroy the idols(D)
    and put an end to the images in Memphis.(E)
No longer will there be a prince in Egypt,(F)
    and I will spread fear throughout the land.
14 I will lay(G) waste Upper Egypt,
    set fire to Zoan(H)
    and inflict punishment on Thebes.(I)

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