Ezekiel
30
- The word of the LORD came to me:
- "Son of man, prophesy and say: 'This
is what the Sovereign LORD says: "'Wail and say, "Alas for that
day !"
- For the day is near, the day of the LORD
is near -- a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
- A sword will come against Egypt, and anguish
will come upon Cush. When the slain fall in Egypt, her wealth will be carried
away and her foundations torn down.
- Cush and Put, Lydia and all Arabia, Libya
and the people of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.
- "'This is what the LORD says: "'The
allies of Egypt will fall and her proud strength will fail. From Migdol to
Aswan they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Sovereign LORD.
- "'They will be desolate among desolate
lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.
- Then they will know that I am the LORD,
when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are crushed.
- "'On that day messengers will go out
from me in ships to frighten Cush out of her complacency. Anguish will take
hold of them on the day of Egypt's doom, for it is sure to come.
- "'This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
"'I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon.
- He and his army -- the most ruthless of
nations -- will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords
against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.
- I will dry up the streams of the Nile and
sell the land to evil men; by the hand of foreigners I will lay waste the
land and everything in it. I the LORD have spoken.
- "'This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
"'I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. No
longer will there be a prince in Egypt, and I will spread fear throughout
the land.
- I will lay waste Upper Egypt, set fire to
Zoan and inflict punishment on Thebes.
- I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium, the
stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the hordes of Thebes.
- I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will
writhe in agony. Thebes will be taken by storm; Memphis will be in constant
distress.
- The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis
will fall by the sword, and the cities themselves will go into captivity.
- Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes when I
break the yoke of Egypt; there her proud strength will come to an end. She
will be covered with clouds, and her villages will go into captivity.
- So I will inflict punishment on Egypt, and
they will know that I am the LORD.'"
- In the eleventh year, in the first month
on the seventh day, the word of the LORD came to me:
- "Son of man, I have broken the arm
of Pharaoh king of Egypt. It has not been bound up for healing or put in a
splint so as to become strong enough to hold a sword.
- Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD
says: I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the
good arm as well as the broken one, and make the sword fall from his hand.
- I will disperse the Egyptians among the
nations and scatter them through the countries.
- I will strengthen the arms of the king of
Babylon and put my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh,
and he will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.
- I will strengthen the arms of the king of
Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that
I am the LORD, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and
he brandishes it against Egypt.
- I will disperse the Egyptians among the
nations and scatter them through the countries. Then they will know that I
am the LORD."
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