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 Ce jour est au Seigneur, à l'Eternel des armées; C'est un jour de vengeance, où il se venge de ses ennemis. L'épée dévore, elle se rassasie, Elle s'enivre de leur sang. Car il y a des victimes du Seigneur, de l'Eternel des armées, Au pays du septentrion, sur les rives de l'Euphrate.