⁹ “When that day comes and Egypt is destroyed, I will send messengers in ships to arouse the unsuspecting people of Ethiopia,^[a] and they will be terrified. That day is coming!”

¹⁰ The Sovereign Lord says, “I will use King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia to put an end to Egypt's wealth. ¹¹ He and his ruthless army will come to devastate the land. They will attack Egypt with swords, and the land will be full of corpses.