Eze 25-30 | ESV | STEP | The word of the Lord came to me:

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 ^a“Son of man, ^bset your face toward ^cthe Ammonites and prophesy against them. 3 Say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God: ^dThus says the Lord God, Because you said, ^e‘Aha!’ over my ^fsanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah when they went into exile, 4 therefore behold, I am handing you over to ^gthe people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst. They shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. 5 I will make ^hRabbah a ⁱpasture for camels and Ammon ^{▼▼Hebrew and the Ammonites} ^ka fold for flocks. ^lThen you will know that I am the Lord. 6 For thus says the Lord God: Because ^myou have clapped your hands ⁿand stamped your feet and ^orejoiced with all the ^pmalice within your soul against the land of Israel, 7 therefore, behold, ^qI have stretched out my hand against you, and ^rwill hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Prophecy Against Moab and Seir

8 “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^sMoab and ^tSeir ^{▼▼Septuagint lacks and Seir} said, ‘Behold, the ^vhouse of Judah is like all the other nations,’ 9 therefore ^wI will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, ^xBeth-jeshimoth, ^yBaal-meon, and ^zKiriathaim. 10 I will give it ^aaalong with the Ammonites ^abto the people of the East as a possession, ^acthat the Ammonites may be remembered no more among the nations, 11 ^adand I will execute judgments upon Moab. ^aeThen they will know that I am the Lord.

Prophecy Against Edom

12 “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^afEdom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended ^agin taking vengeance on them, 13 therefore thus says the Lord God, ^ahI will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from ^aiTeman even to ^ajDedan they shall fall by the sword. 14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom ^akby the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and ^althey shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord God.

Prophecy Against Philistia

15 “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^amthe Philistines ^anacted revengefully and took vengeance ^aowith malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity, 16 therefore thus says the Lord God, ^apBehold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off ^aqthe Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast. 17 I will execute great vengeance on them ^arwith wrathful rebukes. ^asThen they will know that I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon them.”

Ezekiel 26

Prophecy Against Tyre

1 ^atIn the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 ^au“Son of man, because ^avTyre said concerning Jerusalem, ^aw‘Aha, the gate of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste,’ 3 therefore thus says the Lord God: ^axBehold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up ^aymany nations against you, ^azas the sea brings up its waves. 4 They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and I will scrape her soil from her and ^bamake her a bare rock. 5 She ^bbshall be in the midst of the sea a place for the spreading of nets, ^bcfor I have spoken, declares the Lord God. And she shall become plunder for the nations, 6 and her daughters on the mainland shall be killed by the sword. ^bdThen they will know that I am the Lord.

7 “For thus says the Lord God: ^beBehold, I will bring against Tyre ^bffrom the north Nebuchadnezzar ^{▼▼Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar; so throughout Ezekiel} king of Babylon, ^bhking of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers. 8 He will kill with the sword ^biyour daughters on the mainland. ^bjHe will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise ^bka roof of shields against you. 9 ^blHe will direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. 10 His horses will be so many that their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen and wagons and chariots, when he enters your gates as men enter a city that has been breached. 11 With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. 12 They will plunder ^bmyour riches and loot ^bnyour merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and ^bosoil they will cast into the midst of the waters. 13 ^bpAnd I will stop the music of your songs, and ^bqthe sound of your lyres shall be heard no more. 14 ^brI will make you a bare rock. ^bsYou shall be a place for the spreading of nets. You shall never be rebuilt, ^btfor I am the Lord; I have spoken, declares the Lord God.

15 “Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: Will not ^buthe coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, ^bvwhen the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst? 16 Then all ^bwthe princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and ^bxremove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; ^bythey will sit on the ground and ^bztremble every moment and ^cabe appalled at you. 17 And they will ^cbraise a lamentation over you and say to you,

“‘How you have perished,
you who were inhabited from the seas,
O city renowned,
^ccwho was mighty on the sea;
she and her inhabitants ^cdimposed their terror
on all her inhabitants!
18 Now the coastlands tremble
on the day of your fall,
and the coastlands that are on the sea
are dismayed at your passing.’
19 “For thus says the Lord God: When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, ^cewhen I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you, 20 then ^cfI will make you go down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the world below, among ruins from of old, ^cgwith those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set beauty ^chin the land of the living. 21 I will bring you ^cito a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. ^cjThough you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God.”

Ezekiel 27

A Lament for Tyre

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Now you, ^ckson of man, ^clraise a lamentation over Tyre, 3 and say to Tyre, who dwells at ^cmthe entrances to the sea, ^cnmerchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:

“O Tyre, you have said,
‘I am ^coperfect in beauty.’
4 Your borders are ^cpin the heart of the seas;
your builders made perfect your beauty.
5 They made all your planks
of fir trees from ^cqSenir;
they took ^cra cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.
6 Of ^csoaks of Bashan
they made your oars;
they made your deck of pines
from ^ctthe coasts of Cyprus,
inlaid with ivory.
7 ^cuOf fine embroidered linen from Egypt
was your sail,
serving as your banner;
blue and purple from ^cvthe coasts of Elishah
was your awning.
8 The inhabitants of Sidon and ^cwArvad
were your rowers;
your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you;
they were ^cxyour pilots.
9 The elders of ^cyGebal and her skilled men were in you,
^czcaulking your seams;
all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you
to barter for your wares.
10 ^da“Persia and ^dbLud and ^dcPut were in your army as your men of war. ^ddThey hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor. 11 Men of ^deArvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made ^dfperfect your beauty.

12 ^dg“Tarshish did ^dhbusiness with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your ^diwares. 13 ^djJavan, ^dkTubal, and ^dlMeshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 14 From ^dmBeth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules ^dnfor your wares. 15 The men of ^doDedan ^{▼▼Hebrew; Septuagint Rhodes} traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony. 16 Syria ^dqdid business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares ^dremeralds, ^dspurple, ^dtembroidered work, ^dufine linen, coral, and ^dvruby. 17 Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise ^dwwheat of ^dxMinnith, meal, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown} honey, oil, and ^dzbalm. 18 ^eaDamascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and ^ebwool of Sahar 19 and casks of wine ^{▼▼Probable reading; Hebrew wool of Sahar, Vedan, and Javan} from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, ^edcassia, and ^eecalamus were bartered for your merchandise. 20 Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21 Arabia and all the princes of ^efKedar were your favored dealers ^egin lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. 22 The traders of ^ehSheba and ^eiRaamah traded with you; they exchanged ^ejfor your wares ^ekthe best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold. 23 ^elHaran, Canneh, ^emEden, traders of Sheba, ^enAsshur, and Chilmad traded with you. 24 In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of ^eoblue and ^epembroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure. 25 ^eqThe ships of ^erTarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden ^esin the heart of the seas.

26 “Your rowers have brought you out
into the high seas.
^etThe east wind has wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.
27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your mariners and ^euyour pilots,
^evyour caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
and all your men of war who are in you,
with all your crew
that is in your midst,
sink into the heart of the seas
^ewon the day of your fall.
28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots
^exthe countryside shakes,
29 and down from their ships
^eycome all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
stand on the land
30 ^ezand shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
^faThey cast dust on their heads
^fband wallow in ashes;
31 they ^fcmake themselves bald for you
and put sackcloth on their waist,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
with bitter mourning.
32 In their wailing they ^fdraise a lamentation for you
and lament over you:
^fe‘Who is like Tyre,
like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
33 When your wares came from the seas,
^ffyou satisfied many peoples;
with your abundant wealth and merchandise
^fgyou enriched the kings of the earth.
34 Now ^fhyou are wrecked by the seas,
in the depths of the waters;
your merchandise and all your crew in your midst
have sunk with you.
35 ^fiAll the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled at you,
and ^fjthe hair of their kings bristles with horror;
their faces are convulsed.
36 ^fkThe merchants among the peoples ^flhiss at you;
^fmyou have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.’”

Ezekiel 28

Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 ^fn“Son of man, say to ^fothe prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:

^fp“Because your heart is proud,
and ^fqyou have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet ^fryou are but a man, and no god,
^fsthough you make your heart like the heart of a god—
3 ^ftyou are indeed wiser ^futhan ^fvDaniel;
no secret is hidden from you;
4 by your wisdom and your understanding
^fwyou have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
into your treasuries;
5 by your great wisdom in your trade
you have increased your wealth,
and ^fxyour heart has become proud in your wealth—
6 therefore thus says the Lord God:
^fyBecause you make your heart
like the heart of a god,
7 therefore, behold, I will bring ^fzforeigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against ^gathe beauty of your wisdom
and defile ^gbyour splendor.
8 ^gcThey shall thrust you down into the pit,
^gdand you shall die the death of the slain
in the heart of the seas.
9 ^geWill you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you,
though ^gfyou are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?
10 ^ggYou shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of foreigners;
^ghfor I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”

A Lament over the King of Tyre

11 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me: 12 ^gi“Son of man, ^gjraise a lamentation over ^gkthe king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:

“You were the signet of perfection, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain}
^gmfull of wisdom and ^gnperfect in beauty.
13 You were in ^goEden, the garden of God;
^gpevery precious stone was your covering,
^gqsardius, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire, ^{▼▼Or lapis lazuli} ^gsemerald, and carbuncle;
and crafted in gold were your settings
and your engravings. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain}
^guOn the day that you were created
they were prepared.
14 You were an anointed ^gvguardian cherub.
I placed you; ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain} you were on ^gxthe holy mountain of God;
in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
15 You were blameless in your ways
^gyfrom the day you were created,
till unrighteousness was found in you.
16 In the abundance of ^gzyour trade
you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from ^hathe mountain of God,
and I destroyed you, ^{▼▼Or banished you} ^hcO guardian cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 ^hdYour heart was proud because of ^heyour beauty;
you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I exposed you before kings,
to feast their eyes on you.
18 By the multitude of your iniquities,
in the unrighteousness of your trade
you profaned your sanctuaries;
so ^hfI brought fire out from your midst;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
^hgin the sight of all who saw you.
19 All who know you among the peoples
are appalled at you;
^hhyou have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.”

Prophecy Against Sidon

20 The word of the Lord came to me: 21 ^hi“Son of man, ^hjset your face toward ^hkSidon, and ^hlprophesy against her 22 and say, Thus says the Lord God:

“Behold, ^hmI am against you, O Sidon,
and ^hnI will manifest my glory in your midst.
And ^hothey shall know that I am the Lord
^hpwhen I execute judgments in her
and ^hqmanifest my holiness in her;
23 for I will send ^hrpestilence into her,
and blood into her streets;
and the slain shall fall in her midst,
by the sword that is against her on every side.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.
24 “And for the house of Israel ^hsthere shall be no more a brier to prick or ^hta thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors ^huwho have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

Israel Gathered in Security

25 “Thus says the Lord God: ^hvWhen I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and ^hwmanifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, ^hxthen they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. 26 ^hyAnd they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, ^hzwhen I execute judgments upon all their neighbors ^iawho have treated them with contempt. ^ibThen they will know that I am the Lord their God.”

Ezekiel 29

Prophecy Against Egypt

1 ^icIn the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 ^id“Son of man, ^ieset your face against ^ifPharaoh king of Egypt, ^igand prophesy against him and ^ihagainst all Egypt; 3 speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

ⁱⁱ“Behold, I am against you,
Pharaoh king of Egypt,
^ijthe great dragon that lies
in the midst of his streams,
^ikthat says, ‘My Nile is my own;
I made it for myself.’
4 I will ^ilput hooks in your jaws,
and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales;
and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams,
with all the fish of your streams
that stick to your scales.
5 ^imAnd I will cast you out into the wilderness,
you and all the fish of your streams;
you shall fall ⁱⁿon the open field,
and ^ionot be brought together or gathered.
To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens
^ipI give you as food.
6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt ^iqshall know that I am the Lord.

“Because you ^{▼▼Hebrew they} have been ^isa staff of reed to the house of Israel, 7 ^itwhen they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake. ^{▼▼Syriac (compare Psalm 69:23); Hebrew to stand} 8 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^ivBehold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast, 9 and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. ^iwThen they will know that I am the Lord.

^ix“Because you ^{▼▼Hebrew he} said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I made it,’ 10 therefore, ^izbehold, I am against you and ^jaagainst your streams, and ^jbI will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, ^jcfrom Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush. 11 ^jdNo foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it; it shall be uninhabited forty years. 12 ^jeAnd I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries, and her cities shall be a desolation forty years among cities that are laid waste. ^jfI will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.

13 “For thus says the Lord God: At the end of forty years ^jgI will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered, 14 and ^jhI will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to ^jithe land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom. 15 It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms, ^jjand never again exalt itself above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will never again rule over the nations. 16 And it shall never again be ^jkthe reliance of the house of Israel, recalling their iniquity, when they turn to them for aid. ^jlThen they will know that I am the Lord God.”

17 ^jmIn the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 18 ^jn“Son of man, ^joNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare, yet neither he nor his army got anything from Tyre to pay for the labor that he had performed against her. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^jpBehold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; ^jqand he shall carry off its wealth ^{▼▼Or multitude} ^jsand despoil it and plunder it; and it shall be the wages for his army. 20 ^jtI have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he labored, because they worked for me, declares the Lord God.

21 “On that day ^juI will cause a horn to spring up for the house of Israel, and ^jvI will open your lips among them. ^jwThen they will know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 30

A Lament for Egypt

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 ^jx“Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

^jy“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
3 ^jzFor the day is near,
^kathe day of the Lord is near;
it will be ^kba day of clouds,
a time of doom for ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks doom for} the nations.
4 ^kdA sword shall come upon Egypt,
^keand anguish shall be in ^kfCush,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
and ^kgher wealth ^{▼▼Or multitude; also verse 10} is carried away,
and ^kiher foundations are torn down.
5 ^kjCush, and ^kkPut, and Lud, and ^klall Arabia, and Libya, ^{▼▼With Septuagint; Hebrew Cub} and the people of the land that is in league, ^{▼▼Hebrew and the sons of the land of the covenant} shall fall with them by the sword.

6 “Thus says the Lord:
^koThose who support Egypt shall fall,
and ^kpher proud might shall come down;
^kqfrom Migdol to Syene
they shall fall within her by the sword,
declares the Lord God.
7 ^krAnd 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 ^ksThen they will know that I am the Lord,
when ^ktI have set fire to Egypt,
and ^kuall her helpers are broken.
9 “On that day ^kvmessengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting ^kwpeople of Cush, and ^kxanguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom; ^{▼▼Hebrew the day of Egypt} for, behold, it comes!

10 “Thus says the Lord God:

^kz“I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt,
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him, ^lathe most ruthless of nations,
shall be brought in to destroy the land,
^lband they shall draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.
12 And ^lcI will ^lddry up the Nile
and will sell the land into the hand of ^leevildoers;
^lfI will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,
by the hand of ^lgforeigners;
^lhI am the Lord; I have spoken.
13 “Thus says the Lord God:

^li“I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in ^ljMemphis;
^lkthere shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
so ^llI will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14 I will make ^lmPathros a desolation
and will set fire to ^lnZoan
^loand will execute judgments on ^lpThebes.
15 And I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,
the stronghold of Egypt,
and cut off the multitude ^{▼▼Or wealth} of Thebes.
16 And I will set fire to Egypt;
Pelusium shall be in great agony;
Thebes shall be breached,
and ^lrMemphis shall face enemies ^{▼▼Or distress} by day.
17 The young men of On and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword,
and the women ^{▼▼Or the cities; Hebrew they} shall go into captivity.
18 At ^luTehaphnehes ^lvthe day shall be dark,
when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and ^lwher proud might shall come to an end in her;
she shall be covered by a cloud,
and her daughters shall go into captivity.
19 Thus ^lxI will execute judgments on Egypt.
^lyThen they will know that I am the Lord.”

Egypt Shall Fall to Babylon

20 ^lzIn the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 21 ^ma“Son of man, ^mbI have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, ^mcit has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword. 22 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and ^mdwill break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken, and I will make the sword fall from his hand. 23 ^meI will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries. 24 And ^mfI will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put ^mgmy sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him ^mhlike a man mortally wounded. 25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall. ^miThen they shall know that I am the Lord, ^mjwhen I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. 26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”