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Ezekiel 30

Grief over Egypt

1 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord ^{▼▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch}God says:

“ ^bWail, ‘Woe for the day!’
3 “For the day is near,
Indeed, ^cthe day of the Lord is near;
It will be a day of ^dclouds,
A time of doom for the nations.
4 “A sword will come upon Egypt,
And there will be trembling in ^{▼▼Or Ethiopia}Cush;
When the slain fall in Egypt,
They will ^ftake away her ^{▼▼Or multitude}wealth,
And her foundations will be torn down.
5 ^{▼▼Or Ethiopia}Cush, Put, Lud, all ^{▼▼Or the mixed people
,} ^jArabia, ^{▼▼Or Cub}Libya and the ^{▼▼Lit sons}people of the land ^{▼▼Lit of the covenant}that is in league will fall with them by the sword.”

6 ‘This is what the Lord says:
“Indeed, those who support ⁿEgypt will fall
And the pride of her power will come down;
From Migdol to Syene
They will fall within her by the sword,”
Declares the Lord God.
7 “They will be desolate
In the ^omidst of the desolated lands;
And her cities will be
In the midst of the devastated cities.
8 “And they will ^pknow that I am the Lord,
When I set a ^qfire in Egypt
And all her helpers are broken.
9 On that day ^rmessengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten ^scarefree ^{▼▼Or Ethiopia}Cush; and ^utrembling will come on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”

10 ‘This is what the Lord God says:

“ ^vI will also make the ^{▼▼Or people; lit crowd, and so throughout the ch}hordes of Egypt cease
By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 “He and his people with him,
^xThe most ruthless of the nations,
Will be brought in to destroy the land;
And they will draw their swords against Egypt
And fill the land with the slain.
12 “Moreover, I will make the ^yNile canals dry
And ^zsell the land into the hands of evil men.
And I will make the land desolate
And ^{▼▼Lit her fullness}all that is in it,
By the hand of strangers; I the Lord have spoken.”
13 ‘This is what the Lord God says:

“I will also ^abdestroy the idols
And make the ^{▼▼Or futile ones}images cease from ^{▼▼Or Noph
,} ^aeMemphis.
And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt;
And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14 “I will make ^afPathros desolate,
Set a fire in ^agZoan
And execute judgments on ^{▼▼Or No
,} ^aiThebes.
15 “I will pour out My wrath on ^{▼▼Or Pelusium}Sin,
The stronghold of Egypt;
I will also eliminate the hordes of ^{▼▼Or No}Thebes.
16 “I will set a fire in Egypt;
^{▼▼Or Pelusium}Sin will writhe in anguish,
^{▼▼Or No}Thebes will be breached
And ^{▼▼Or Noph}Memphis will have ^{▼▼Or adversaries}distresses daily.
17 “The young men of ^{▼▼Or Aven
,} ^aqOn and of Pi-beseth
Will fall by the sword,
And ^{▼▼Lit they}the women will go into captivity.
18 “In ^asTehaphnehes the day will ^{▼▼As in many mss and ancient versions; MT restrain}be ^audark
When I ^avbreak there the yoke bars of Egypt.
Then the pride of her power will cease in her;
A cloud will cover her,
And her daughters will go into captivity.
19 “So I will ^awexecute judgments on Egypt,
And they will know that I am the Lord.”’”

Victory for Babylon

20 In the ^axeleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 21 “Son of man, I have ^aybroken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been ^azbound up ^{▼▼Lit to give healing}for healing ^{▼▼Lit to wrap it}or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may be strong to wield the sword. 22 Therefore this is what the Lord God says: ‘Behold, I am ^bcagainst Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, both the strong and the ^bdbroken; and I will make the sword ^befall from his hand. 23 And I will ^bfscatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands. 24 For I will ^bgstrengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put ^bhMy sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groans of a wounded man. 25 So I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fail. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he ^bireaches out with it against the land of Egypt. 26 When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the Lord.’”