Eze 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, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

^b“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
3 ^cFor the day is near,
^dthe day of the Lord is near;
it will be ^ea day of clouds,
a time of doom for ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks doom for} the nations.
4 ^gA sword shall come upon Egypt,
^hand anguish shall be in ⁱCush,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
and ^jher wealth ^{▼▼Or multitude; also verse 10} is carried away,
and ^lher foundations are torn down.
5 ^mCush, and ⁿPut, and Lud, and ^oall 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:
^rThose who support Egypt shall fall,
and ^sher proud might shall come down;
^tfrom Migdol to Syene
they shall fall within her by the sword,
declares the Lord God.
7 ^uAnd 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 ^vThen they will know that I am the Lord,
when ^wI have set fire to Egypt,
and ^xall her helpers are broken.
9 “On that day ^ymessengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting ^zpeople of Cush, and ^aaanguish 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:

^ac“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, ^adthe most ruthless of nations,
shall be brought in to destroy the land,
^aeand they shall draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.
12 And ^afI will ^agdry up the Nile
and will sell the land into the hand of ^ahevildoers;
^aiI will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,
by the hand of ^ajforeigners;
^akI am the Lord; I have spoken.
13 “Thus says the Lord God:

^al“I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in ^amMemphis;
^anthere shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
so ^aoI will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14 I will make ^apPathros a desolation
and will set fire to ^aqZoan
^arand will execute judgments on ^asThebes.
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 ^auMemphis 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 ^axTehaphnehes ^aythe day shall be dark,
when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and ^azher 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 ^baI will execute judgments on Egypt.
^bbThen they will know that I am the Lord.”

Egypt Shall Fall to Babylon

20 ^bcIn the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 21 ^bd“Son of man, ^beI have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, ^bfit 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 ^bgwill break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken, and I will make the sword fall from his hand. 23 ^bhI will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries. 24 And ^biI will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put ^bjmy sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him ^bklike a man mortally wounded. 25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall. ^blThen they shall know that I am the Lord, ^bmwhen 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.”