¹² “You^(A) Ethiopians also,
You shall be slain by ^(B)My sword.”

“Those who uphold Egypt shall fall,
And the pride of her power shall come down.
^(D)From ^[d]Migdol to Syene
Those within her shall fall by the sword,”
Says the Lord God.

⁷ “They^(E) shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries,
And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste.
⁸ Then they will know that I am the Lord,
When I have set a fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are destroyed.
⁹ On that day ^(F)messengers shall go forth from Me in ships
To make the ^[e]careless Ethiopians afraid,
And great anguish shall come upon them,
As on the day of Egypt;
For indeed it is coming!”

³ All inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth:
^(B)When he lifts up a banner on the mountains, you see it;
And when he blows a trumpet, you hear it.
⁴ For so the Lord said to me,
“I will take My rest,
And I will ^[b]look from My dwelling place
Like clear heat in sunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
⁵ For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect
And the sour grape is ripening in the flower,
He will both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks
And take away and cut down the branches.
⁶ They will be left together for the mountain birds of prey
And for the beasts of the earth;
The birds of prey will summer on them,
And all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.

⁷ In that time ^(C)a present will be brought to the Lord of hosts
^[c]From a people tall and smooth of skin,
And from a people terrible from their beginning onward,
A nation powerful and treading down,
Whose land the rivers divide—
To the place of the name of the Lord of hosts,
To Mount Zion.

²⁰ “You^(A) are My battle-ax and weapons of war:
For with you I will break the nation in pieces;
With you I will destroy kingdoms;
²¹ With you I will break in pieces the horse and its rider;
With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;
²² With you also I will break in pieces man and woman;
With you I will break in pieces ^(B)old and young;
With you I will break in pieces the young man and the maiden;
²³ With you also I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;
And with you I will break in pieces governors and rulers.

⁶ “O you ^(A)sword of the Lord,
How long until you are quiet?
Put yourself up into your scabbard,
Rest and be still!
⁷ How can ^[a]it be quiet,
Seeing the Lord has ^(B)given it a charge
Against Ashkelon and against the seashore?
There He has ^(C)appointed it.”