Ezekiel 30:16-18

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁶ I will start a fire in Egypt;
    the city of Pelusium will ache with fear.
The soldiers will break into the city of Thebes,
    and Memphis will have new troubles every day.
¹⁷ The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis^[a] will die in battle,
    and the women will be taken away as prisoners.
¹⁸ It will be a dark day in Tahpanhes when I break Egypt’s control.^[b]
    Her proud power will be finished!
A cloud will cover Egypt,
    and her daughters will be taken away as prisoners.