I have often told thee I would break, now I tell thee
I have broken, partly by the victory of the Chaldean over Pharaoh-necho, partly by the victory the Cyreneaus got over Pharaoh-hophra to raise the siege, from which attempt he fell with shame and loss, but more by civil wars.
Pharaoh; Hophra or Apries.
It shall not be bound up to be healed; and this wound is incurable,
it shall never be bound up to be healed, his arm shall never be strong and fit to encounter a potent enemy, as once it was.