This is what the Lord GOD says:
The Lord GOD says He will make an end of Egypt's hordes by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
This verse names Babylon as the decisive instrument.
1Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: 3For the day is near, 4A sword will come against Egypt, 5Cush, Put, and Lud, 6For this is what the LORD says: 7They will be desolate among desolate lands, 8Then they will know that I am the LORD 9On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming. 10This is what the Lord GOD says: 11He and his people with him, 12I will make the streams dry up 13This is what the Lord GOD says: 14I will lay waste Pathros, 15I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, 16I will set fire to Egypt, 17The young men of On and Pi-beseth 18The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes 19So I will execute judgment on Egypt,