^{4 Ref} And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

^{5 Ref} Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

^{6 Ref} Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.

^{7 Ref} And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

^{8 Ref} And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.

^{9 Ref} In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.