Ezekiel 30
A Lament for Egypt
1The word of the LORD came to me:
2"Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD:
the day of the LORD is near;
it will be a day of clouds,
a time of doom for
and anguish shall be in Cush,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
and her wealth
and her foundations are torn down.
5Cush, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya,
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,
declares the Lord GOD.
and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
8Then they will know that I am the LORD,
when I have set fire to Egypt,
and all her helpers are broken.
9On that day messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting people of Cush, and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom;
10Thus says the Lord GOD:
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
shall be brought in to destroy the land,
and they shall draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.
12And I will dry up the Nile
and will sell the land into the hand of evildoers;
I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,
by the hand of foreigners;
I am the LORD; I have spoken.
13Thus says the Lord GOD:
and put an end to the images in Memphis;
there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
and will set fire to Zoan
and will execute judgments on Thebes.
15And I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,
the stronghold of Egypt,
and cut off the multitude
Pelusium shall be in great agony;
Thebes shall be breached,
and Memphis shall face enemies
and the women
when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and her proud might shall come to an end in her;
she shall be covered by a cloud,
and her daughters shall go into captivity.
19Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt.
Then they will know that I am the LORD."
Egypt Shall Fall to Babylon 20In 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, 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. 22Therefore 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. 23I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries. 24And 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. 25I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall. Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. 26And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD."