The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Ezekiel 30
1 Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘The
Lord Yahweh says: “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
3 For the day is near, even Yahweh’s day is near.
It will be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
4 A sword will come on Egypt,
and anguish will be in Ethiopia,
when the slain fall in Egypt.
They take away her multitude,
and her foundations are broken
down.
5 Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the mixed
people, Cub, and the children of the land
that is allied with them, will fall with them
by the sword.”
6 Yahweh says: “They also who uphold Egypt will fall.
The pride of her power will come down.
They will fall by the sword in it from the
tower of Seveneh,” says the Lord Yahweh.
7 “They will be desolate in the middle ofthe
countries that are desolate.
Her cities will be among the cities that
are wasted.
8 They will know that I am Yahweh
when I have set a fire in Egypt,
and all her helpers are destroyed.
9 In that day messengers will go out
from before me in ships to make the careless
Ethiopians afraid. There will be anguish
on them, as in the day of Egypt; for,
behold, it comes.”
10 The Lord Yahweh says: I will also
make the multitude of Egypt to
cease, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him,
the terrible of the nations,
will be brought in to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against
Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
12 I will make the rivers dry,
and will sell the land into the hand of
evil men. I will make the land desolate,
and all that is therein,
by the hand of foreigners.
I, Yahweh, have spoken it.”
13 The Lord Yahweh says:
“I will also destroy the idols,
and I will cause the images to cease
from Memphis. There will be no more a prince from the
land of Egypt. I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
14 I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan,
and will execute judgments on No.
15 I will pour my wrath on Sin,
the stronghold of Egypt.
I will cut off the multitude of No.
16 I will set a fire in Egypt
Sin will be in great anguish.
No will be broken up.
Memphis will have adversaries in the
daytime.
17 The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth
will fall by the sword.
They will go into captivity.
18 At Tehaphnehes also the day will withdraw itself,
when I break the yokes of Egypt there.
The pride of her power will cease in her.
As for her, a cloud will cover her,
and her daughters will go into captivity.
19 Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt.
Then they will know that I am Yahweh.
20 In the eleventh year, in thefirst month,
in the seventh day of the month, Yahweh’s
word came to me, saying,
21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of
Pharaoh king of Egypt. Behold, it has not
been bound up, to apply medicines, to put
a bandage to bind it, that it may become
strong to hold the sword.
22 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold,
I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and will break his arms, the strong arm,
andthat which wasbroken. I will cause the
sword to fall out of his hand.
23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the
nations, and will disperse them through
the countries.
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 the king of Babylon
with the groaning of a mortally wounded
man.
25 I will hold up the arms of the king of
Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall
down. Then they will know that I am Yahweh when I
put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon,
and he stretches it out on the land of Egypt.
26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the
nations and disperse them through the
countries. Then they will know that I am
Yahweh.