Ezekiel 30

Ezekiel 30:1

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Ezekiel 30:2

“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’

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Ezekiel 30:3

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.

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Ezekiel 30:4

A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.

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Ezekiel 30:5

Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.

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men Heb. children

Ezekiel 30:6

For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.

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Ezekiel 30:7

They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.

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Ezekiel 30:8

Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.

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Ezekiel 30:9

On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.

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Ezekiel 30:10

This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

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Ezekiel 30:11

He and his people with him, the most ruthless 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.

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Ezekiel 30:12

I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.

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dry Heb. drought

Ezekiel 30:13

This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.

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Ezekiel 30:14

I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.

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Ezekiel 30:15

I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes.

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Sin or , Pelusium , Now Tineh , a town of Egypt , situated at the eastern extremity of the Delta , twenty stadia from the Mediterranean , near the lake of Menzaleh , and upon a branch of the Nile , to which it gave name. It was the key of Egypt on the side of Judea and Syria , and was therefore strongly fortified and garrisoned; but it is now quite in ruins.

Ezekiel 30:16

I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.

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Ezekiel 30:17

The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.

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Pibeseth or Pubastum , Situated on the Pelusiac branch of the Nile , near the top of the Delta.

Ezekiel 30:18

The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.

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darkened or , restrained

Ezekiel 30:19

So I will execute judgment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Ezekiel 30:20

In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Ezekiel 30:21

“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.

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Son of man This prophecy was delivered soon after the Egyptians under Pharaoh-hophra had come to relieve Jerusalem , and some months before the city was taken , being the eleventh year of Jeremiah's captivity , and answering to April 26 , am 3416. When the king of Babylon took from the king of Egypt , in the days of Pharaoh-necho , all his dominions in Asia , one of his arms was broken. God now declared that he should never recover these territories , or gain any ascendancy in that part of the world; nay , that his other arm , which was now strong , should soon be broken , and rendered utterly useless. This was fulfilled when Hophra was dethroned and driven into Upper Egypt by Amasis; and then Nebuchadnezzar , taking advantage of this civil discord , invaded and conquered that kingdom , and enslaved , dispersed , and carried captive the Egyptians.

Ezekiel 30:22

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.

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Ezekiel 30:23

I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

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Ezekiel 30:24

I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.

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Ezekiel 30:25

I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt.

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Ezekiel 30:26

I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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