At Tehaphnehes the day shall be dark, when I break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall come to an end in her; she herself shall be covered by a cloud, and her daughters shall go into captivity, describing judgment on Tahpanhes (where Judahites had sought refuge) and employing darkness imagery suggesting loss of hope and divine abandonment. The breaking of Egypt's 'yokes' suggests the end of her imperial domination. The deportation of 'daughters' (subsidiary cities) completes the picture of political dissolution.

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