Ezekiel 30 : 1 (ERVEN)
The word of the Lord came to me again. He said,
Ezekiel 30 : 2 (ERVEN)
"Son of man, speak for me. Say, 'This is what the Lord God says: "'Cry and say, "A terrible day is coming."
Ezekiel 30 : 3 (ERVEN)
That day is near! Yes, the Lord's day for judging is near. It will be a cloudy day, the time for judging the nations.
Ezekiel 30 : 4 (ERVEN)
A sword will come against Egypt! People in Ethiopia will shake with fear, when Egypt falls. The army of Babylon will take the Egyptians as prisoners. Egypt's foundations will be torn down.
Ezekiel 30 : 5 (ERVEN)
"'Many people made peace agreements with Egypt. But all those people from Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya, and the people of Israel will be destroyed!
Ezekiel 30 : 6 (ERVEN)
"'This is what the Lord God says: Those who support Egypt will fall! The pride in her power will end. The people in Egypt will be killed in battle, all the way from Migdol to Aswan. This is what the Lord God said!
Ezekiel 30 : 7 (ERVEN)
Egypt will join the other countries that were destroyed. Its cities will be among those that are in ruins.
Ezekiel 30 : 8 (ERVEN)
I will start a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers will be destroyed. Then they will know that I am the Lord!
Ezekiel 30 : 9 (ERVEN)
"'At that time I will send out messengers. They will go in ships to carry the bad news to Ethiopia. Ethiopia now feels safe, but the people of Ethiopia will shake with fear when Egypt is punished. That time is coming!'"
Ezekiel 30 : 10 (ERVEN)
This is what the Lord God says: "I will use the king of Babylon. I will use Nebuchadnezzar to destroy the people of Egypt.
Ezekiel 30 : 11 (ERVEN)
Nebuchadnezzar and his people are the most terrible of the nations, and I will bring them to destroy Egypt. They will pull out their swords against Egypt. They will fill the land with dead bodies.
Ezekiel 30 : 12 (ERVEN)
I will make the Nile River become dry land. Then I will sell the dry land to evil people. I will use strangers to make that land empty. I, the Lord, have spoken!"
Ezekiel 30 : 13 (ERVEN)
This is what the Lord God says: "I will also destroy the idols in Egypt. I will take the statues away from Memphis. There will not be a leader anymore in the land of Egypt. I will put fear there instead.
Ezekiel 30 : 14 (ERVEN)
I will make Pathros empty. I will start a fire in Zoan. I will punish Thebes.
Ezekiel 30 : 15 (ERVEN)
I will pour out my anger against Pelusium, the fortress of Egypt! I will destroy the people of Thebes.
Ezekiel 30 : 16 (ERVEN)
I will start a fire in Egypt. The city of Pelusium will ache with fear. The soldiers will break into Thebes, and Memphis will have new troubles every day.
Ezekiel 30 : 17 (ERVEN)
The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle, and the women will be taken away as prisoners.
Ezekiel 30 : 18 (ERVEN)
It will be a dark day in Tahpanhes when I break Egypt's control. Her proud power will be finished! A cloud will cover Egypt, and her daughters will be taken away as prisoners.
Ezekiel 30 : 19 (ERVEN)
So I will punish Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord!"
Ezekiel 30 : 20 (ERVEN)
On the seventh day of the first month of the eleventh year of exile, the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
Ezekiel 30 : 21 (ERVEN)
"Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. No one will wrap his arm with a bandage. It will not heal, so his arm will not be strong enough to hold a sword."
Ezekiel 30 : 22 (ERVEN)
This is what the Lord God says: "I am against Pharaoh, king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the strong arm and the arm that is already broken. I will make the sword fall from his hand.
Ezekiel 30 : 23 (ERVEN)
I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations.
Ezekiel 30 : 24 (ERVEN)
I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong. I will put my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh. Then Pharaoh will cry out in pain, the kind of cry that a dying man makes.
Ezekiel 30 : 25 (ERVEN)
So I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. Then they will know that I am the Lord. "I will put my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon. Then he will stretch the sword out against the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 30 : 26 (ERVEN)
I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord!"
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