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Ezekiel 30 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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!’
³For 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.
⁴A 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.
⁸And they will ^(H)know that I am the Lord,
When I set a ^(I)fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are broken.

⁹On 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.
¹¹He 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.
¹²Moreover, 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.
¹⁴I will make ^(S)Pathros desolate,
Set a fire in ^(T)Zoan
And execute judgments on ^[n]^(U)Thebes.
¹⁵I will pour out My wrath on ^[o]Sin,
The stronghold of Egypt;
I will also eliminate the hordes of ^[p]Thebes.
¹⁶I 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.
¹⁷The young men of ^[u]^(V)On and of Pi-beseth
Will fall by the sword,
And ^[v]the women will go into captivity.
¹⁸In ^(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.
¹⁹So I will ^(Z)execute judgments on Egypt,
And they will know that I am the Lord.”’”

Victory for Babylon

²⁰In 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. ²²Therefore 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. ²³And I will ^(AG)scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands. ²⁴For 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. ²⁵So 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. ²⁶When 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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