Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 30
Ezekiel 30 RSV - Revised Standard VersionChapter 30 of Ezekiel—Revised Standard Version (RSV)
- ¶ The word of the LORD came to me:
- “Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD:
¶ “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’ - For the day is near,
the day of the LORD is near;
it will be a day of clouds,
a time of doom for the nations. - A sword shall come upon Egypt,
and anguish shall be in Ethiopia,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
and her wealth is carried away,
and her foundations are torn down. - ¶ Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya,[a] and the people of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
- ¶ “Thus says the LORD:
Those who support Egypt shall fall,
and her proud might shall come down;
from Migdol to Syene
they shall fall within her by the sword,
says the Lord GOD. - And she[b] shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries
and her cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste. - Then they will know that I am the LORD,
when I have set fire to Egypt,
and all her helpers are broken. - ¶ “On that day swift[c] messengers shall go forth from me to terrify the unsuspecting Ethiopians; and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom; for, lo, it comes!
- ¶ “Thus says the Lord GOD:
¶ I will put an end to the wealth[d] of Egypt,
by the hand of Nebuchadrez′zar king of Babylon. - He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations,
shall be brought in to destroy the land;
and they shall draw their swords against Egypt,
and fill the land with the slain. - And I will dry up the Nile,
and will sell the land into the hand of evil men;
I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,
by the hand of foreigners;
I, the LORD, have spoken. - ¶ “Thus says the Lord GOD:
¶ I will destroy the idols,
and put an end to the images, in Memphis;
there shall no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt;
so I will put fear in the land of Egypt. - I will make Pathros a desolation,
and will set fire to Zo′an,
and will execute acts of judgment upon Thebes. - And I will pour my wrath upon Pelusium,
the stronghold of Egypt,
and cut off the multitude of Thebes. - And I will set fire to Egypt;
Pelusium shall be in great agony;
Thebes shall be breached,
and its walls broken down.[e] - The young men of On and of Pibe′seth shall fall by the sword;
and the women shall go into captivity. - At Tehaph′nehes the day shall be dark,
when I break there the dominion of Egypt,
and her proud might shall come to an end;
she shall be covered by a cloud,
and her daughters shall go into captivity. - Thus I will execute acts of judgment upon Egypt.
Then they will know that I am the LORD.” - ¶ In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
- “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and lo, it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.
- Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.
- I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.
- And 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 man mortally wounded.
- I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall; and they shall know that I am the LORD. When I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, he shall stretch it out against the land of Egypt;
- and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Gk Compare Syr Vg: Heb Cub
- ^ Gk: Heb they
- ^ Gk Syr: Heb in ships
- ^ Or multitude
- ^ Cn: Heb and Memphis, distresses by day
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