Grief over Egypt
30 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord [a]God says:
“(A)Wail, ‘Woe for the day!’
3 For the day is near,
Indeed, (B)the day of the Lord is near;
It will be a day of (C)clouds,
A time of doom for the nations.
4 A sword will come upon Egypt,
And there will be trembling in [b]Cush;
When the slain fall in Egypt,
They will (D)take away her [c]wealth,
And her foundations will be torn down.
5 [d]Cush, Put, Lud, all [e](E)Arabia, [f]Libya and the [g]people of the land [h]that is in league will fall with them by the sword.”
6 ‘This is what the Lord says:
“Indeed, those who support (F)Egypt 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 (G)midst of the desolated lands;
And her cities will be
In the midst of the devastated cities.
8 And they will (H)know that I am the Lord,
When I set a (I)fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are broken.
9 On that day (J)messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten (K)carefree [i]Cush; and (L)trembling will come on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”
10 ‘This is what the Lord God says:
“(M)I will also make the [j]hordes of Egypt cease
By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him,
(N)The 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 (O)Nile canals dry
And (P)sell the land into the hands of evil men.
And I will make the land desolate
And [k]all that is in it,
By the hand of strangers; I the Lord have spoken.”
13 ‘This is what the Lord God says:
“I will also (Q)destroy the idols
And make the [l]images cease from [m](R)Memphis.
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 (S)Pathros desolate,
Set a fire in (T)Zoan
And execute judgments on [n](U)Thebes.
15 I will pour out My wrath on [o]Sin,
The stronghold of Egypt;
I will also eliminate the hordes of [p]Thebes.
16 I will set a fire in Egypt;
[q]Sin will writhe in anguish,
[r]Thebes will be breached
And [s]Memphis will have [t]distresses daily.
17 The young men of [u](V)On and of Pi-beseth
Will fall by the sword,
And [v]the women will go into captivity.
18 In (W)Tehaphnehes the day will [w]be (X)dark
When I (Y)break 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 So I will (Z)execute judgments on Egypt,
And they will know that I am the Lord.”’”
Victory for Babylon
20 In the (AA)eleventh 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 (AB)broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been (AC)bound up [x]for healing [y]or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may be strong to wield the sword. 22 Therefore this is what the Lord God says: ‘Behold, I am (AD)against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, both the strong and the (AE)broken; and I will make the sword (AF)fall from his hand. 23 And I will (AG)scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands. 24 For I will (AH)strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put (AI)My sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groans of a wounded man. 25 So I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fail. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he (AJ)reaches out with it 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.’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 30:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 30:4 Or Ethiopia
- Ezekiel 30:4 Or multitude
- Ezekiel 30:5 Or Ethiopia
- Ezekiel 30:5 Or the mixed people
- Ezekiel 30:5 Or Cub
- Ezekiel 30:5 Lit sons
- Ezekiel 30:5 Lit of the covenant
- Ezekiel 30:9 Or Ethiopia
- Ezekiel 30:10 Or people; lit crowd, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 30:12 Lit her fullness
- Ezekiel 30:13 Or futile ones
- Ezekiel 30:13 Or Noph
- Ezekiel 30:14 Or No
- Ezekiel 30:15 Or Pelusium
- Ezekiel 30:15 Or No
- Ezekiel 30:16 Or Pelusium
- Ezekiel 30:16 Or No
- Ezekiel 30:16 Or Noph
- Ezekiel 30:16 Or adversaries
- Ezekiel 30:17 Or Aven
- Ezekiel 30:17 Lit they
- Ezekiel 30:18 As in many mss and ancient versions; MT restrain
- Ezekiel 30:21 Lit to give healing
- Ezekiel 30:21 Lit to wrap it
Cross references
- Ezekiel 30:2 : Is 13:6; 15:2; Ezek 21:12; Joel 1:5, 11, 13
- Ezekiel 30:3 : Ezek 7:19; 13:5; Joel 1:15; 2:1; Obad 15
- Ezekiel 30:3 : Ezek 30:18; 32:7; 34:12
- Ezekiel 30:4 : Ezek 29:19
- Ezekiel 30:5 : Jer 25:20, 24
- Ezekiel 30:6 : Is 20:3-6
- Ezekiel 30:7 : Jer 25:18-26; Ezek 29:12
- Ezekiel 30:8 : Ps 58:11; Ezek 29:6, 9, 16
- Ezekiel 30:8 : Ezek 22:31; 30:14, 16; Amos 1:4, 7, 10, 12, 14
- Ezekiel 30:9 : Is 18:1, 2
- Ezekiel 30:9 : Is 47:8; Ezek 38:11; 39:6
- Ezekiel 30:9 : Is 19:17; 23:5; Ezek 32:9, 10
- Ezekiel 30:10 : Ezek 29:19
- Ezekiel 30:11 : Ezek 28:7
- Ezekiel 30:12 : Ezek 29:3, 9
- Ezekiel 30:12 : Is 19:4
- Ezekiel 30:13 : Is 2:18
- Ezekiel 30:13 : Is 19:13; Jer 2:16; 44:1; 46:14; Ezek 30:16
- Ezekiel 30:14 : Is 11:11; Jer 44:1, 15; Ezek 29:14
- Ezekiel 30:14 : Ps 78:12, 43; Is 19:11, 13
- Ezekiel 30:14 : Jer 46:25; Ezek 30:15, 16; Nah 3:8
- Ezekiel 30:17 : Gen 41:45; 46:20
- Ezekiel 30:18 : Jer 43:8-13
- Ezekiel 30:18 : Ezek 30:3
- Ezekiel 30:18 : Lev 26:13; Is 10:27; Jer 27:2; 28:10, 13; 30:8; Ezek 34:27
- Ezekiel 30:19 : Ps 9:16; Ezek 5:8, 15; 25:11; 30:14
- Ezekiel 30:20 : Ezek 26:1; 29:1, 17; 31:1
- Ezekiel 30:21 : Ps 10:15; 37:17; Ezek 30:24
- Ezekiel 30:21 : Jer 30:13; 46:11
- Ezekiel 30:22 : Jer 46:25; Ezek 29:3
- Ezekiel 30:22 : 2 Kin 24:7; Jer 37:7
- Ezekiel 30:22 : Jer 46:21
- Ezekiel 30:23 : Ezek 29:12; 30:17, 18, 26
- Ezekiel 30:24 : Neh 6:9; Is 45:1, 5; Ezek 30:10, 25; Zech 10:12
- Ezekiel 30:24 : Ezek 30:11, 25; Zeph 2:12
- Ezekiel 30:25 : Josh 8:18; 1 Chr 21:16; Is 5:25