Egypt’s international army is doomed to destruction because that day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes.
The name Adonai
(Lord
) is used to reflect the Lord’s sovereign control over Egypt and all other nations. Egypt’s defeat could possibly be seen as vengeance for the death of Josiah at the hands of the Egyptians in 609 BC. The defeat of Egypt by the Babylonians at Carchemish is graphically described as the Lord holding a sacrifice feast in the northern country by the river Euphrates.1
10 That day is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord GOD of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.