30:1 The ·Lord spoke his word [L word of the Lord came] to me, saying:
30:2 “·Human [T Son of man; 2:1], prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: ·Cry [Wail] ·and say [Alas; L Hah], “·The terrible day is coming [L …for the day].”
30:3 [L For] The day is near; the ·Lord’s day of judging [L Day of the Lord] is near. It is a ·cloudy day [day of clouds; C perhaps storm clouds, or indicating the presence of God; Joel 2:2; Ex. 19:9] and a time ·when the nations will be judged [L for the nations].
30:4 An ·enemy will attack [L sword will come against] Egypt, and Cush [C Ethiopia] will ·tremble with fear [be in anguish]. When the ·killing begins [L slain fall] in Egypt, her wealth will be ·taken away [carried off], and her foundations will be torn down.
30:5 Cush, Put, ·Lydia [L Lud; 27:10], all ·Arabia [or all the foreigners; or all the mercenaries], ·Libya [L Kub], and ·some of my people who had made an agreement with Egypt [or the people of allied lands; L the sons of the land of the covenant] will fall ·dead in war [L by the sword with them].
30:6 “‘This is what the Lord says: ·Those who fight on Egypt’s side [Egypt’s supporters] will fall. The power she is proud of will ·be lost [collapse; come down]. From Migdol [C in northern Egypt] to ·Aswan [L Syene; C in southern Egypt], the people will fall ·dead in war [L by the sword] says the Lord God.
30:7 They will be ·the most deserted [L desolate in the midst of desolate] lands. Egypt’s cities will be ·the worst [L in the midst] of cities that lie in ruins.
30:8 Then they will know that I am the Lord when I set fire to Egypt and when all ·those nations on her side [her helpers/allies] are crushed.
30:9 “‘·At that time [L On that day] I will send messengers in ships to frighten Cush [C Ethiopia], which ·now feels safe [is over-confident; or is complacent]. ·The people of Cush will tremble with fear [L Anguish will come upon them] ·when Egypt is punished [L in the day of Egypt]. And [L look; T behold] that time is sure to come.
30:10 “‘This is what the Lord God says: I will destroy ·great numbers of people in [L the hordes of] Egypt ·through the power [L by the hand] of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
30:11 Nebuchadnezzar and his ·army [or people], the ·cruelest army [most ruthless] of any nation, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and will fill the land with ·those they kill [the slain].
30:12 I will make the streams of the Nile River become dry land, and then I will sell the land to evil people. I will ·destroy [desolate] the land and everything in it through the ·power [L hand] of foreigners. I, the Lord, have spoken.
30:13 “‘This is what the Lord God says: I will destroy the idols and ·take away [put an end to] the ·statues of gods from the city of [L images in] Memphis. There will no longer be a ·leader [prince] in the land of Egypt, and I will spread fear through the land of Egypt.
30:14 I will make ·southern Egypt [L Pathros] ·empty [a desolation] and ·start a fire in [or set fire to] Zoan and ·punish [execute judgment on] Thebes.
30:15 And I will pour out my anger against Pelusium [C a fortess in the eastern delta of the Nile River], the ·strong place [stronghold] of Egypt. I will ·destroy [cut off] ·great numbers of people in [the hordes/armies of] Thebes.
30:16 I will set fire to Egypt. Pelusium [v. 15] will ·be in great pain [writhe in agony]. ·The walls of Thebes will be broken open [Thebes will be breached], and Memphis will ·have troubles [or face enemies] every day.
30:17 The young men of ·Heliopolis [L On; C six miles northeast of Cairo] and Bubastis [C the capital of northern Egypt; forty miles northeast of Cairo] will fall dead ·in war [L by the sword], and ·the people [or the cities; L they] will be taken away as captives.
30:18 In Tahpanhes [C in northeast Egypt] the day will be dark when I break ·Egypt’s power [L the yoke of Egypt]. Then ·she will no longer be proud of her power [her proud strength will cease]. A cloud will cover Egypt, and her ·villages [L daughters] will be captured and taken away.
30:19 So I will ·punish [execute judgments on] Egypt, and they will know I am the Lord.’”
30:20 It was in the eleventh year [C since King Jehoiachin’s exile (1:2)], in the first month, on the seventh day of the month [C April 29, 587 bc]. The ·Lord spoke his word [L word of the Lord came] to me, saying:
30:21 “·Human [T Son of man; 2:1], I have broken the ·powerful arm [L arm] of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. It has not been ·tied [bound] up, so it will not get well. It has not been wrapped with a bandage, so it will not be strong enough to hold a sword in war.
30:22 So this is what the Lord God says: [L Look; T Behold] I am against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong arm and the broken arm, and I will make the sword fall from his hand.
30:23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, spreading them among the countries.
30:24 I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong and put my sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh. Then ·when he faces the king of Babylon [L before him] he will ·cry out in pain [groan] like a ·dying [mortally wounded] person.
30:25 So I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong, but the arms of the king of Egypt will ·fall [become limp]. Then people will know that I am the Lord when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he ·uses it in war [wields it; extends it] against the land of Egypt.
30:26 Then I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, spreading them among the countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
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