I will make Pathros a desolation and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments on Thebes.
and I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom.
The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: “Behold, 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.
when he performed his signs in Egypt and his marvels in the fields of Zoan.
In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.
Are you better than Thebes that sat by the Nile, with water around her, her rampart a sea, and water her wall?
The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
For though his officials are at Zoan and his envoys reach Hanes,
In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
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