The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 30 Another prophecy against Egypt and against Pharaoh

 The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 30

Another prophecy against Egypt and against Pharaoh

1 The word of the Lord came to me:

2 “Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “Wait, ‘Alas for that day!’

3 For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near—a cloudy day, a time for the nations.

4 A sword will come against Egypt, and great distress will come upon Ethiopia when the slain fall in Egypt. They will take away her multitude, and her foundations will be broken.

5 Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the mixed multitude, Cub, and the people of the covenant land—they will fall by the sword with them.

6 This is what the Lord says: “Those who support Egypt will fall, and the pride of her power will come down. From the tower of Syene they will fall by the sword,” declares the Sovereign Lord.

7 They will be devastated in the midst of the desolate lands, and their cities will be in the midst of the deserted cities.

8 And they will know that I am the Lord, when I set fire to Egypt, and all who helped her are destroyed.

9 In that day messengers will go out from before me in ships, to terrify unsuspecting Ethiopia; and there will be great pain in them, as in the day of Egypt; for, behold, it is coming.

10 Thus says the Lord God: I will cause a multitude to cease from Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

11 He and his people with him, the most formidable of the nations, will be brought to destroy the land; and they will draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

12 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land, delivering it into the hand of the wicked, and I will desolate the land and its fullness by the hand of strangers; I, the Lord, have spoken it.

13 Thus says the Lord God: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images of Noph to cease; and there shall no longer be a prince of the land of Egypt; and I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

14 And I will desolate Pathros, and I will set fire to Zoan, and I will execute judgments in No.

15 And I will pour out my wrath upon Sin, the strength of Egypt, and I will exterminate the multitude of No.

16 And I will kindle a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be split open, and Noph shall have daily anguish.

17 The young men of Aven and Pibsheth shall fall by the sword, and these cities shall fall into captivity.

18 And the day will grow dark in Tahpanhes, when I break the yokes of Egypt there, and the pride of its power will cease in it; a cloud will cover it, and its daughters will fall into captivity.

19 Thus I will execute judgment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the Lord.

20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, no one will put bandages on it or bind it up to make it strong, so that it may grasp the sword.

22 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong one like the one that is broken, and I will cause the sword to fall from his hand.

23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and I will disperse them throughout the lands.’” 24 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 as one who is pierced groans.

25 I will raise up the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall; and they will know that I am the Lord, when I put my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon, and he stretches it out over the land of Egypt.

26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and I will disperse them throughout the lands; then they will know that I am the Lord.