Ezekiel 30

The Day of the LORD Against Egypt

A Day of Doom

1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, “Alas for the day!”

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.

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

5 Cush, Put, Lud, all the mixed people, Cub, and the sons of the covenant land will fall with them by the sword.

6 This is what the LORD says: Those who support Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will come down. From Migdol to Syene they will fall within her by the sword,’ declares the Lord GOD.

7 They will be desolate among desolated lands, and her cities will be among ruined cities.

8 Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I set fire in Egypt and all her helpers are crushed.

9 On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to terrify confident Cush. Anguish will come on them on the day of Egypt’s downfall, for look, it is coming.

Egypt’s Cities Struck

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

11 He and his people with him, the most ruthless of 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 dry up the rivers and sell the land into the hand of evil men. I will make the land desolate and everything in it by the hand of foreigners. I, the LORD, have spoken.

13 This is what the Lord GOD says: “I will destroy idols and put an end to false gods in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt, and I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

14 I will make Pathros desolate, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgments on Thebes.

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

16 I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will writhe in agony, Thebes will be breached, and Memphis will be in daily distress.

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

18 In Tehaphnehes the day will be dark when I break the yoke of Egypt there, and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.

19 So I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

Pharaoh’s Power Broken

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

21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. It has not been bound up to heal, nor wrapped with a splint to make it strong enough to hold a sword.

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

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

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

25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. Then 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 against the land of Egypt.

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