Ezekiel 30
Lament over Egypt
1The word of the Lord came again to me saying, 2“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord ▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord , and so throughout the ch
God, b“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’3“For the day is near,
Even 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 anguish will be in ▼
▼ Lit Cush
Ethiopia;When the slain fall in Egypt,
They ftake away her ▼
▼ Or multitude
wealth,And her foundations are torn down.
5 ▼
▼ Lit Cush
“Ethiopia, 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‘Thus says the Lord,“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 forth from Me in ships to frighten ssecure ▼
▼ Lit Cush
Ethiopia; and uanguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it comes!” 10‘Thus says the Lord God, v“I will also make the ▼▼ Or people; lit crowd, and so throughout the ch
hordes of Egypt ceaseBy 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‘Thus says the Lord God, “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 cut off 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 breachedAnd ▼
▼ Or Noph
Memphis will have ▼▼ Or adversaries
distresses daily.17“The young men of ▼
▼ Or Aven
,
aqOn and of Pi-besethWill fall by the sword,
And ▼
▼ Lit they
the women will go into captivity.18“In asTehaphnehes the day will ▼
▼ So with many mss and ancient versions; M.T. restrain
be audarkWhen 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“Thus I will awexecute judgments on Egypt,
And they will know that I am the Lord.”’”
Victory for Babylon
20In 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 put a bandage, to wrap it
or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to hold the sword. 22“Therefore thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am bcagainst Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the bdbroken; and I will make the sword befall from his hand. 23‘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 groanings of a wounded man. 25‘Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he bistretches it out 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.’”
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