Lament over Egypt
1 The word of the Lord came again to me saying,
2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord (a)God,
“(A)Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
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5 (d)Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all (e)(E)Arabia, (f)Libya and the (g)people of the land (h)that is in league will fall with them by the sword.”
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‘Thus says the Lord,
“Indeed, those who support (F)Egypt will fall
And the pride of her power will come down;
From Migdol to Syene
They will fall within her by the sword,”
Declares the Lord God.
7 “Indeed, those who support (F)Egypt will fall
And the pride of her power will come down;
From Migdol to Syene
They will fall within her by the sword,”
Declares the Lord God.
“They will be desolate
In the (G)midst of the desolated lands;
And her cities will be
In the midst of the devastated cities.
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In the (G)midst of the desolated lands;
And her cities will be
In the midst of the devastated cities.
9 On that day (J)messengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten (K)secure (i)Ethiopia; and (L)anguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it comes!”
10 ‘Thus says the Lord God,
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“He and his people with him,
(N)The most ruthless of the nations,
Will be brought in to destroy the land;
And they will draw their swords against Egypt
And fill the land with the slain.
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(N)The most ruthless of the nations,
Will be brought in to destroy the land;
And they will draw their swords against Egypt
And fill the land with the slain.
Victory for Babylon
20 In the (AA)eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying,
21 “Son of man, I have (AB)broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been (AC)bound up (x)for healing (y)or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to hold the sword.
22 Therefore thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am (AD)against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the (AE)broken; and I will make the sword (AF)fall from his hand.
23 I will (AG)scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.
24 For I will (AH)strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put (AI)My sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groanings of a wounded man.
25 Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he (AJ)stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
26 When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the Lord.’”
Footnotes:
a.
Ezekiel 30:2: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord, ', and so throughout the ch']
b.
Ezekiel 30:4: ['Lit ', Cush]
c.
Ezekiel 30:4: ['Or ', multitude]
d.
Ezekiel 30:5: ['Lit ', Cush]
e.
Ezekiel 30:5: ['Or ', the mixed people]
f.
Ezekiel 30:5: ['Or ', Cub]
g.
Ezekiel 30:5: ['Lit ', sons]
h.
Ezekiel 30:5: ['Lit ', of the covenant]
i.
Ezekiel 30:9: ['Lit ', Cush]
j.
Ezekiel 30:10: ['Or ', people, '; lit ', crowd, ', and so throughout the ch']
k.
Ezekiel 30:12: ['Lit ', her fullness]
l.
Ezekiel 30:13: ['Or ', futile ones]
m.
Ezekiel 30:13: ['Or ', Noph]
n.
Ezekiel 30:14: ['Or ', No]
o.
Ezekiel 30:15: ['Or ', Pelusium]
p.
Ezekiel 30:15: ['Or ', No]
q.
Ezekiel 30:16: ['Or ', Pelusium]
r.
Ezekiel 30:16: ['Or ', No]
s.
Ezekiel 30:16: ['Or ', Noph]
t.
Ezekiel 30:16: ['Or ', adversaries]
u.
Ezekiel 30:17: ['Or ', Aven]
v.
Ezekiel 30:17: ['Lit ', they]
w.
Ezekiel 30:18: ['So with many mss and ancient versions; M.T. ', restrain]
x.
Ezekiel 30:21: ['Lit ', to give healing]
y.
Ezekiel 30:21: ['Lit ', to put a bandage, to wrap it]
Cross references:
I.
Ezekiel 30:8:
Ezekiel 22:31; Ezekiel 30:14; Ezekiel 30:16; Amos 1:4; Amos 1:7; Amos 1:10; Amos 1:12; Amos 1:14
Y.
Ezekiel 30:18:
Leviticus 26:13; Isaiah 10:27; Jeremiah 27:2; Jeremiah 28:10; Jeremiah 28:13; Jeremiah 30:8; Ezekiel 34:27