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The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

"Son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "Wail, 'Woe for the day!'

Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!

"For the day is near, Indeed, the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, A time of doom for the nations.

For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

"A sword will come upon Egypt, And there will be trembling in Cush; When the slain fall in Egypt, They will take away her wealth, And her foundations will be torn down.

And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

"Cush, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya and the people of the land that is in league will fall with them by the sword."

Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.