Ezekiel 30
1AGAIN a word of the Lord came to me saying,
2Son of man prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord: Alas! alas! the day;
3for the day of the Lord is near. A cloudy day! it shall be the end of nations.
4A sword shall come upon the Egyptians; and there shall be consternation in the land of Ethiopia; and the wounded shall fall in Egypt, and its foundations shall be shaken.
5Persians and Cretans and Lydians and Libyans and all the mixed people, and some of the children of My covenant shall fall in it by the sword.
6The fortresses of Egypt shall fall, and down shall come the pride of her strength, from Magdolus even to Syene—by the sword they shall fall in it, saith the Lord.
7And it shall be desolate in the midst of desolated countries; and their cities shall be in the midst of desolated cities.
8And they shall know that I am the Lord when I send a fire against Egypt, and all her helpers are trodden down.
9In that day swift messengers will go forth to cause Ethiopia to vanish: and there shall be consternation among them in the day of Egypt. For behold it is come.
10Thus saith the Lord God: I will indeed destroy the multitude of the Egyptians by the hand of Nabuchodonosar king of Babylon—
11of him and his people. They are ravagers sent from nations to destroy a land; and they shall all unsheath their swords against Egypt; and the land shall be filled with the slain.
12And I will dry up their rivers and destroy the land, and the fulness thereof by the hands of strangers, I the Lord have spoken.
13For thus saith the Lord God: When I have destroyed the nobles from Memphis, and the chiefs of Memphis out of the land of Egypt, and they shall be no more;
14then I will destroy the land of Pathora, and send a fire against Tanis and execute vengeance on Diospolis.
15And I will pour out My wrath on Sais, the strength of Egypt, and utterly destroy the multitude of Memphis:
16and I will send a fire against Egypt, and Syene shall be confounded; and at Diospolis there shall be a breach; and water shall gush out.
17The young men of Heliopolis and Boubaste shall fall by the sword,
18and the women shall go into captivity. And at Taphnis the day will be darkened, when I there break the sceptres of Egypt, for the pride of her strength shall be destroyed there: and a cloud shall cover her; and her daughters shall be carried away captives.
19Thus will I execute judgment on Egypt, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
20And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, a word of the Lord came to me, saying,
21Son of man, I bruised the arms of Pharao king of Egypt; and behold, he hath made no supplication for a cure to be given, for a poultice to be applied, for strength to be given to handle a sword.
22Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I am against Pharao king of Egypt; and I will break his strong and extended arms, and cause the sword to drop from his hand.
23And I will scatter Egypt among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.
24And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put My sword into his hand, and he shall wield it against Egypt, and make a prey of his prey, and a spoil of his spoil.
25I will indeed strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms of Pharao shall be enfeebled; and they shall know that I am the Lord. When I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, he shall wield it against the land of Egypt.
26And I will scatter Egypt among the nations, and disperse them through the countries, and they shall all know that I am the Lord.