Ezekiel 30

Revised Geneva Translation

30 The Word of the LORD came again to me, saying:

² “Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Howl, ‘Woe to this day!’

³ “For the day is near; and the Day of the LORD is at hand. A cloudy day, it shall be the time of the heathen.

⁴ “And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and fear shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, when they shall take away her abundance, and her foundations shall be broken down.

⁵ “Ethiopia and Put and Lud and all the common people and Chub and the men of the land who are allied shall fall with them, by the sword.”

⁶ ‘Thus says the LORD: “Those who maintain Egypt shall also fall; and the pride of her power shall come down. From the tower of Syene they shall fall by the sword,” says the Lord GOD.

⁷ “And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate. And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

⁸ “And they shall know that I am the LORD when I have set a fire in Egypt. All her helpers shall be destroyed.

⁹ “On that day, messengers shall go forth from Me in ships, to make the careless Moors afraid. And fear shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt. For lo, it comes.”

¹⁰ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will also make the abundance of Egypt cease by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel.

¹¹ “For he and his people with him, the ruthless nations, shall be brought to destroy the land. And they shall draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.

¹² “And I will make the rivers dry and sell the land into the hands of the wicked. And I will make the land and all that is in it waste, by the hands of strangers. I, the LORD, have spoken it.”

¹³ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will also destroy the idols; and I will cause their idols to cease out of Noph. And there shall no longer be a prince of the land of Egypt. And I will send a fear into the land of Egypt.

¹⁴ “And I will make Pathros desolate and will set fire in Zoan. And I will execute judgment in No.

¹⁵ “And I will pour My wrath upon Sin, the strength of Egypt. And I will destroy the abundance of No.

¹⁶ “And I will set fire in Egypt. Sin shall have great sorrow and No shall be destroyed and Noph shall have sorrows daily.

¹⁷ “The young men of Aven and of Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword. And these shall go into captivity.

¹⁸ “At Tehaphnehes, the day shall be darkened when I shall break the bars of Egypt there. And when the pomp of her power shall cease in her, the cloud shall cover her. And her daughters shall go into captivity.

¹⁹ “Thus I will execute judgments in Egypt. And they shall know that I am the LORD.”’”

²⁰ And in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:

²¹ “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, nor shall they put a roll to bind it and make it strong to hold the sword.”

²² Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I come against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and will break his arm that was strong, but is broken. And I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

²³ “And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and will disperse them through the countries.

²⁴ “And I will strengthen the arm of the king of Babel and put My sword in his hand. But I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan, as the groanings of him who is wounded before him.

²⁵ “But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babel; and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down. And they shall know that I am the LORD when I shall put My sword into the hand of the king of Babel and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

²⁶ “And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the countries. And they shall know that I am the LORD.”