16. Yes, I will set fire to all Egypt!Pelusium will be racked with pain;Thebes will be torn apart;Memphis will live in constant terror.
17. The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle,and the women will be taken away as slaves.
18. When I come to break the proud strength of Egypt,it will be a dark day for Tahpanhes, too.A dark cloud will cover Tahpanhes,and its daughters will be led away as captives.
19. And so I will greatly punish Egypt,and they will know that I am the lord.”
20. On April 29, during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the lord:
21. “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. His arm has not been put in a cast so that it may heal. Neither has it been bound up with a splint to make it strong enough to hold a sword.