EzekielChapter 30

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¹Again the LORD gave me this message. He said, ²"Son of man, prophesy. Say that this is what the Lord GOD says:
'Wail and say,
"How terrible that day will be!" ³For the day is near.
The Day of the LORD is near.
It will be a day of clouds.
It will be a time of doom for the nations. ⁴A sword will come against Egypt.
There will be great pain in Cush
when people are killed in Egypt.
Its riches will be carried off.
Its foundations will be torn down. ⁵Cush, Put, and Lud,
and all the mixed peoples,
along with Libya and the people of the covenant land,
will be killed by the sword along with Egypt. ⁶For this is what the LORD says:
Those who help Egypt will fall.
Her proud strength will crumble.
From Migdol to Syene
they will be killed by the sword in her,
declares the Lord GOD. ⁷They will be the emptiest of empty lands.
Their cities will lie among ruined cities. ⁸Then they will know that I am the LORD.
This will happen when I set fire to Egypt
and all her helpers are crushed. ⁹On that day, messengers will go out from me in ships. They will frighten Cush, which feels so safe. Great pain will come on them on the day of Egypt's doom. For it is surely coming. ¹⁰This is what the Lord GOD says:
I will put an end to the crowds of Egypt
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. ¹¹He and his army are the most cruel of the nations.
They will be brought in to destroy the land.
They will pull out their swords against Egypt.
They will fill the land with dead bodies. ¹²I will make the streams dry up.
I will sell the land to wicked people.
By the hands of foreigners
I will make the land and everything in it empty.
I, the LORD, have spoken. ¹³This is what the Lord GOD says:
I will destroy the idols.
I will put an end to the carved images in Memphis.
There will no longer be a prince in Egypt.
I will fill that land with fear. ¹⁴I will ruin Pathros.
I will set fire to Zoan.
I will punish Thebes. ¹⁵I will pour out my fury on Pelusium,
the fortress of Egypt.
I will wipe out the crowds of Thebes. ¹⁶I will set fire to Egypt.
Pelusium will twist in pain.
Thebes will be broken open.
Memphis will have trouble every day. ¹⁷The young men of On and Pi-beseth
will be killed by the sword.
The people of those cities will be taken away as captives. ¹⁸The day will turn dark in Tahpanhes
when I break the yoke of Egypt.
Then her proud strength will end.
A cloud will cover her.
Her daughters will be taken away as captives. ¹⁹So I will punish Egypt.
Then they will know that I am the LORD.'" ²⁰It was the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month. The LORD gave me this message. He said, ²¹"Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, no one has wrapped it up so it can heal. No one has put it in a splint to make it strong enough to hold a sword. ²²So this is what the Lord GOD says: Listen, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken. I will make the sword fall from his hand. ²³I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations. I will spread them out through many lands. ²⁴I will make the arms of Babylon's king strong. I will put my sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh. He will groan in front of the king of Babylon like a man who is dying from his wounds. ²⁵I will make the arms of Babylon's king strong. But Pharaoh's arms will hang weak. I will put my sword in the hand of Babylon's king. He will swing it against the land of Egypt. Then they will know that I am the LORD. ²⁶I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations. I will spread them out through many lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD."