30:2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
30:3 For the day is near, Even the day of Yahweh is near; It will be a day of clouds, A time of doom for the nations.
30:4 A sword will come upon Egypt, And anguish will be in Ethiopia; When the slain fall in Egypt, They take away her multitude, And her foundations are pulled down.
30:5 Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya, and the people of the land that is in covenant will fall with them by the sword.”
30:6 ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Indeed, those who support Egypt will fall, And the pride of her strength will come down; From Migdol to Syene They will fall within her by the sword,” Declares Lord Yahweh.
30:7 “They will be desolate In the midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the cities laid waste.
30:8 And they will know that I am Yahweh, When I set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken.
30:9 On that day messengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten secure Ethiopia; and anguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”
30:10 ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “I will also make the multitude of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
30:11 He and his people with him, The most ruthless of the nations, Will be brought in to make the land a ruin; And they will draw their swords against Egypt And fill the land with the slain.
30:12 Moreover, I will make the canals of the Nile dry And sell the land into the hands of evil men. And I will make the land desolate, As well as its fullness, By the hand of strangers; I, Yahweh, have spoken.”
30:13 ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “I will also destroy the idols And make the images cease from Memphis. And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt; And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
30:14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set a fire in Zoan, And execute judgments on Thebes.
30:15 I will pour out My wrath on Sin, The strong defense of Egypt; I will also cut off the multitude of Thebes.
30:16 I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe in anguish; Thebes will be breached, And Memphis will have distresses daily.
30:17 The choice men of On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And the women will go into captivity.
30:18 In Tehaphnehes the day will be dark When I break there the bars of the yoke of Egypt. Then the pride of her strength will cease in her; A cloud will cover her, And her daughters will go into captivity.
30:19 Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, And they will know that I am Yahweh.”’”
30:20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me saying,
30:21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold, it has not been bound up to be given healing or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to seize the sword.
30:22 Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.
30:23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.
30:24 For I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put 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.
30:25 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 Yahweh, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
30:26 When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am Yahweh.’”
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