Ezekiel 30
30
Desolation of Egypt
1The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 2Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! 3For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. 4And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. 5Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
6Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. 7And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. 8And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. 9In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
10Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. 11He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. 12And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
13Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. 14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. 15And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. 16And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. 17The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. 18At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. 19Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
20And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. 22Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 23And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 24And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. 26And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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A Lament for Egypt
1The word of the Lord came to me: 2#See ch. 2:1 “Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God:
# See Isa. 13:6 “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
3 # [See ver. 2 above] For the day is near,
# ch. 7:7, 12; Joel 1:15; 2:1; Zeph. 1:7 the day of the Lord is near;
it will be #ch. 34:12a day of clouds,
a time of doom for#30:3 Hebrew lacks doom for the nations.
4 # ch. 29:8 A sword shall come upon Egypt,
# [Isa. 21:3] and anguish shall be in #[Isa. 43:3] Cush,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
and #ch. 29:19 her wealth#30:4 Or multitude; also verse 10 is carried away,
and #[ver. 6]her foundations are torn down.
5 # [See ver. 4 above] Cush, and #See ch. 27:10 Put, and Lud, and #See Jer. 25:20all Arabia, and Libya,#30:5 With Septuagint; Hebrew Cub and the people of the land that is in league,#30:5 Hebrew and the sons of the land of the covenant shall fall with them by the sword.
6“Thus says the Lord:
# [ch. 32:21] Those who support Egypt shall fall,
and #ver. 18; [ch. 33:28] her proud might shall come down;
# ch. 29:10 from Migdol to Syene
they shall fall within her by the sword,
declares the Lord God.
7 # ch. 29:12 And they shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries,
and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
8 # ch. 29:6; See ch. 6:7 Then they will know that I am the Lord,
when #[ch. 28:18] I have set fire to Egypt,
and #[See ver. 6 above]all her helpers are broken.
9“On that day #[Isa. 18:1, 2] messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting #[See ver. 4 above] people of Cush, and #[See ver. 4 above]anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom;#30:9 Hebrew the day of Egypt for, behold, it comes!
10“Thus says the Lord God:
# See ch. 29:19 “I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt,
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11He and his people with him, #See ch. 28:7 the most ruthless of nations,
shall be brought in to destroy the land,
# [See ver. 4 above] and they shall draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.
12And #Isa. 19:5, 6; [ch. 29:10] I will #[ch. 29:3] dry up the Nile
and will sell the land into the hand of #[Isa. 19:4] evildoers;
# [ch. 29:10] I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,
by the hand of #See ch. 28:7 foreigners;
# See ch. 17:24 I am the Lord; I have spoken.
13“Thus says the Lord God:
# See Jer. 43:12 “I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in #Isa. 19:13 Memphis;
# [ch. 29:15; Zech. 10:11] there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
so #[Isa. 19:16]I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14I will make #ch. 29:14; See Isa. 11:11 Pathros a desolation
and will set fire to #See Num. 13:22 Zoan
# ver. 19 and will execute judgments on #Jer. 46:25Thebes.
15And I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,
the stronghold of Egypt,
and cut off the multitude#30:15 Or wealth of Thebes.
16And I will set fire to Egypt;
Pelusium shall be in great agony;
Thebes shall be breached,
and #[See ver. 13 above]Memphis shall face enemies#30:16 Or distress by day.
17The young men of On and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword,
and the women#30:17 Or the cities; Hebrew they shall go into captivity.
18At #See Jer. 2:16 Tehaphnehes #[Jer. 15:9; Amos 8:9] the day shall be dark,
when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and #ver. 6her proud might shall come to an end in her;
she shall be covered by a cloud,
and her daughters shall go into captivity.
19Thus #ver. 14 I will execute judgments on Egypt.
# See ch. 6:7 Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
Egypt Shall Fall to Babylon
20 # See ch. 20:1 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 21#See ch. 2:1 “Son of man, #[Jer. 48:25] I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, #[Jer. 30:13; 46:11]it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword. 22Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and #See ver. 21will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken, and I will make the sword fall from his hand. 23#ch. 29:12I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries. 24And #ver. 10 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put #See ch. 21:3 my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him #Job 24:12like a man mortally wounded. 25I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall. #See ch. 6:7 Then they shall know that I am the Lord, #[ver. 8]when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. 26And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
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