Ezekiel 30 HCSB
Egypt’s Doom
1The word of the LORD came to me: 2“Son of man, prophesy and say: This is what the Lord GOD says:
a day belonging to the LORD is near.b
a time of doom for the nations.
4A sword will come against Egypt,
and there will be anguish in •Cush
and its foundations are torn down.
and all the various foreign troops,e
plus Libyaf and the men of the covenant landg
will fall by the sword along with them.
Those who support Egypt will fall,
and its proud strength will collapse.
they will fall within it by the sword.
This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.
8They will know that I am •Yahweh
and all its allies are shattered.
9On that day, messengers will go out from Me in shipsl to terrify confident Cush. Anguish will come over them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For indeed it is coming.”
10This is what the Lord GOD says:
I will put an end to the hordesm of Egypt
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
ruthless men from the nations,
will be brought in to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.n
and sell the land into the hands of evil men.o
on the land and everything in it
I, Yahweh, have spoken.
13This is what the Lord GOD says:
I will destroy the idols and put an end
to the false gods in Memphis.p
a prince from the land of Egypt.
So I will instill fear in that land.
14I will make Pathrosq desolate,
and execute judgments on Thebes.
15I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium,
and will wipe out the crowdsr of Thebes.
Pelusium will writhe in anguish,
and Memphis will face foes in broad daylight.s
17The young men of Ont and Pi-beseth
and those citiesu will go into captivity.
18The day will be darkv in Tehaphnehes,
when I break the yoke of Egypt there
A cloudw will cover Tehaphnehes,x
and its villages will go into captivity.
19So I will execute judgments against Egypt,
and they will know that I am Yahweh.
Pharaoh’s Power Broken
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 army of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged — no medicine has been applied and no splint put on to bandage it so that it can grow strong enough to handle a sword. 22Therefore 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 one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand. 23I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them among the countries.z 24I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My swordaa in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him as a mortally wounded man. 25I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall. They will know that I am Yahweh when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king and he wields it against the land of Egypt. 26When I disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them among the countries, they will know that I am Yahweh.”
Footnotes:
a. 30:2 Is 13:6; Ezk 21:12; Jl 1:11,13
b. 30:3 Jl 2:1; Ob 15
c. 30:3 Ezk 32:7; 34:12
d. 30:5 Jr 46:9
e. 30:5 Or all Arabia
f. 30:5 Lit Cub ; Hb obscure
g. 30:5 Probably Israel
h. 30:7 Or be the most desolate of
i. 30:7 Or will be the most ruined of
j. 30:7 Ezk 29:12
k. 30:8 Ezk 22:31
l. 30:9 Is 18:1-2
m. 30:10 Or pomp, or wealth
n. 30:11 Ezk 28:7; 31:12
o. 30:12 Is 19:4
p. 30:13 Jr 43:12-13
q. 30:14 Jr 44:1,15; Ezk 29:14
r. 30:15 Or pomp, or wealth
s. 30:16 Or foes daily
t. 30:17 LXX, Vg; MT reads iniquity
u. 30:17 Or and the women ; lit and they
v. 30:18 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read will withhold
w. 30:18 Ezk 34:12
x. 30:18 Or Egypt
y. 30:21 Ps 10:15; 37:17
z. 30:23 Ezk 29:12
aa. 30:24 Zph 2:12