1	The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth# upon a swift cloud, and shall come# into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved# at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt# in the midst of it.
			2	And I will set# the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight# every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. [set: Heb. mingle]
			3	And the spirit of Egypt shall fail# in the midst thereof; and I will destroy# the counsel thereof: and they shall seek# to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. [fail: Heb. be emptied] [destroy: Heb. swallow up]
			4	And the Egyptians will I give over# into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule# over them, saith# the Lord, the LORD of hosts. [give...: or, shut up]
			5	And the waters shall fail# from the sea, and the river shall be wasted# and dried up# .
			6	And they shall turn# the rivers far away# ; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied# and dried up# : the reeds and flags shall wither# .
			7	The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither# , be driven away# , and be no more . [and be...: Heb. and shall not be]
			8	The fishers also shall mourn# , and all they that cast# angle into the brooks shall lament# , and they that spread# nets upon the waters shall languish# .
			9	Moreover they that work# in fine flax, and they that weave# networks, shall be confounded# . [networks: or, white works]
			10	And they shall be broken# in the purposes thereof, all that make# sluices and ponds for fish. [purposes: Heb. foundations] [for fish: Heb. of living things]
			11	Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors# of Pharaoh is become brutish# : how say# ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
			12	Where are they? where are thy wise men ? and let them tell# thee now, and let them know# what the LORD of hosts hath purposed# upon Egypt.
			13	The princes of Zoan are become fools# , the princes of Noph are deceived# ; they have also seduced# Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. [they that...: or, governors: Heb. corners]
			14	The LORD hath mingled# a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err# in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth# in his vomit. [a perverse...: Heb. a spirit of perversities]
			15	Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do# .
			16	In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid# and fear# because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh# over it.
			17	And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention# thereof shall be afraid# in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined# against it.
			18	In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak# the language of Canaan, and swear# to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called# , The city of destruction. [the language: Heb. the lip] [of destruction: or, of Heres, or, of the sun]
			19	In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
			20	And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry# unto the LORD because of the oppressors# , and he shall send# them a saviour# , and a great one, and he shall deliver# them.
			21	And the LORD shall be known# to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know# the LORD in that day, and shall do# sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow# a vow unto the LORD, and perform# it .
			22	And the LORD shall smite# Egypt: he shall smite# and heal# it : and they shall return# even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated# of them, and shall heal# them.
			23	In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come# into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve# with the Assyrians.
			24	In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
			25	Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless# , saying# , Blessed# be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.