Ezekiel 30:1-26 NIV
A Lament Over Egypt
‘This Is What The SOVEREIGN LORD Says:
“ ‘Wail
and say,
“Alas
for that day!”
3For the day is near,
The Day
of The Lord Is Near—
a day
of clouds,
a time
of doom for the nations.
4A sword will come against Egypt,
and
anguish will come upon Cush.a
When
the slain fall in Egypt,
her
wealth will be carried away
and her
foundations torn down.
5Cush and Libya, Lydia and all Arabia, Kub and the people of The
Covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.
6“ ‘This Is What The Lord Says:
“ ‘The
allies of Egypt will fall
and her
proud strength will fail.
From
Migdol to Aswan
they
will fall by the sword within her,
Declares The SOVEREIGN LORD.
7“ ‘They will be desolate
among
desolate lands,
and
their cities will lie
among
ruined cities.
When I Set fire to Egypt
and all
her helpers are crushed.
9“ ‘On that day messengers will go out from ME in ships to
frighten Cush out of her complacency. Anguish will take hold of them on the day
of Egypt’s doom, for it is sure to come.
10‘This Is What The SOVEREIGN LORD Says:
“ ‘I
will put an end to the hordes of Egypt
by the
hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11He and his army—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.
12I will dry up the waters of the Nile
and
sell the land to an evil nation;
by the
hand of foreigners
I Will Lay waste the land and everything in it.
I The Lord Have Spoken.
13‘This Is What The SOVEREIGN LORD Says:
“ ‘I Will Destroy the idols
and put
an end to the images in Memphis.
No
longer will there be a prince in Egypt,
and I Will Spread fear throughout the land.
14I Will Lay waste Upper Egypt,
Set
fire to Zoan
and Inflict punishment on Thebes.
15I Will Pour Out My Wrath on Pelusium,
the
stronghold of Egypt,
and Wipe Out the hordes of Thebes.
16I Will Set fire to Egypt;
Pelusium
will writhe in agony.
Thebes
will be taken by storm;
Memphis
will be in constant distress.
17The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis
will
fall by the sword,
and the
cities themselves will go into captivity.
18Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes
When I Break the yoke of Egypt;
there
her proud strength will come to an end.
She
will be covered with clouds,
and her
villages will go into captivity.
19So I Will Inflict punishment on Egypt,
and they will know that I AM The Lord.’ ”
Pharaoh’s Arms Are Broken
20In the eleventh year, in the first month on the seventh day, The WORD of The Lord Came To me: 21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. It
has not been bound up to be healed or put in a splint so that it may become
strong enough to hold a sword.
22Therefore ‘This Is What The SOVEREIGN LORD Says:
I AM against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the good arm as well as the broken one, and make the sword fall from his hand. 23I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. 24I 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 mortally wounded man. 25I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp.
22Therefore ‘This Is What The SOVEREIGN LORD Says:
I AM against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the good arm as well as the broken one, and make the sword fall from his hand. 23I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. 24I 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 mortally wounded man. 25I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp.
Then they will know that I AM The Lord,
when I put My Sword into the
hand of the king of Babylon and he brandishes it against Egypt.26I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them
through the countries.
Then they will know that I AM The Lord.”
This chapter is a continuation of the prophecy against Egypt,
both against the country and the king of it. It is introduced with expressions
of lamentation, because of the destruction coming on, Ezekiel 30:1,
and not only Egypt, and the cities thereof, should be destroyed, but all her
friends, associates, and allies; the Ethiopians, Lydians, Lybians, and
others, Ezekiel
30:4.
Nebuchadnezzar and his
army were to be the instruments of her ruin, Ezekiel 30:10,
particular cities are mentioned by name, which should suffer much, and become
desolate, Ezekiel
30:13 and then Pharaoh king of Egypt himself
is threatened with broken arms, and his people to be scattered among the
nations, Ezekiel
30:20, and the king of Babylon is again mentioned,
whose arms should be strengthened to do all this, Ezekiel 30:24.
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