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10 I will make many people shocked about you. Their kings will be terrified of you, when I swing my sword before them. They will shake with fear on the day you fall. Each king will be afraid for his own life.”

11 That will happen because of what the Lord God said: “The sword of the king of Babylon will come to fight against you. 12 I will use those soldiers to kill your people in battle. They come from the most terrible of the nations. They will destroy the things Egypt is proud of. The people of Egypt will be destroyed.

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10 I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you,
    and their kings will shudder with horror because of you
    when I brandish my sword(A) before them.
On the day(B) of your downfall
    each of them will tremble
    every moment for his life.(C)

11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘The sword(D) of the king of Babylon(E)
    will come against you.(F)
12 I will cause your hordes to fall
    by the swords of mighty men—
    the most ruthless of all nations.(G)
They will shatter the pride of Egypt,
    and all her hordes will be overthrown.(H)

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