Ezekiel 30

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

“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 shall come upon Egypt,
    and anguish shall be in Ethiopia,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
    and her wealth is carried away,
    and her foundations are torn down.

I will put an end to the wealth^[d] of Egypt,
    by the hand of Nebuchadrez′zar king of Babylon.
¹¹ He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations,
    shall be brought in to destroy the land;
and they shall draw their swords against Egypt,
    and fill the land with the slain.
¹² And I will dry up the Nile,
    and will sell the land into the hand of evil men;
I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,
    by the hand of foreigners;
I, the Lord, have spoken.

I will destroy the idols,
    and put an end to the images, in Memphis;
there shall no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt;
    so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
¹⁴ I will make Pathros a desolation,
    and will set fire to Zo′an,
    and will execute acts of judgment upon Thebes.
¹⁵ And I will pour my wrath upon Pelusium,
    the stronghold of Egypt,
    and cut off the multitude of Thebes.
¹⁶ And I will set fire to Egypt;
    Pelusium shall be in great agony;
Thebes shall be breached,
    and its walls broken down.^[e]
17 The young men of On and of Pibe′seth shall fall by the sword;
    and the women shall go into captivity.
¹⁸ At Tehaph′nehes the day shall be dark,
    when I break there the dominion of Egypt,
and her proud might shall come to an end;
    she shall be covered by a cloud,
    and her daughters shall go into captivity.
¹⁹ Thus I will execute acts of judgment upon Egypt.
    Then they will know that I am the Lord.”