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12 “I shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive, and he shall pick clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks his cloak clean of vermin, and he shall depart from there safely.(A)

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13 Thus says the Lord God:

I will destroy the idols
    and put an end to the images in Memphis;
there shall no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt,
    so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.(A)

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18 Lift up your eyes all around and see;
    they all gather; they come to you.
As I live, says the Lord,
    you shall put all of them on like an ornament,
    and like a bride you shall bind them on.(A)

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An Oracle concerning Egypt

19 An oracle concerning Egypt.

See, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud
    and comes to Egypt;
the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
    and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.(A)

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18 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
    may it soak into his body like water,
    like oil into his bones.(A)
19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself,
    like a belt that he wears every day.”

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Surely, because you trusted in your strongholds[a] and your treasures,
    you also shall be taken;
Chemosh shall go out into exile,
    with his priests and his attendants.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 48.7 Gk: Heb works

25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: See, I am bringing punishment upon Amon of Thebes and Pharaoh and Egypt and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.(A)

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    wrapped in light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a tent;(A)

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10 “Deck yourself with majesty and dignity;
    clothe yourself with glory and splendor.(A)

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Let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king’s most noble officials; let him[a] robe the man whom the king wishes to honor, and let him[b] conduct the man on horseback through the open square of the city, proclaiming before him: ‘Thus shall it be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor.’ ”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.9 Heb them
  2. 6.9 Heb them

21 The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.(A)

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12 I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from human to animal, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord.(A)

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14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

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