1. THE WORD of the Lord came again to me, saying,
2. Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord God: Wail, Alas for the day!
3. For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time [of doom] for the nations.
4. And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish and great sorrow shall be in Ethiopia (Cush), when the slain fall in Egypt and they [of Babylon] carry away her great mass of people and of things and her foundations are broken down.