CHAPTER 30
“Son
of man,
prophesy
and declare
that this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘Wail,
“Alas,
the day is here!”
For
the day is
near,
the Day
of the LORD
is near.
It will be
a day
of clouds,
a time
of doom for the nations.
A sword
will come
against Egypt,
and there will be anguish
in Cush
when the slain
fall
in Egypt,
its wealth
is taken away,
and its foundations
are torn down.
Cush,
Put,
and Lud,
and all
the various peoples,
as well as Libya
and the men
of the covenant
land,
will fall
by the sword
along with Egypt.’
For this is what
the LORD
says:
‘The allies
of Egypt
will fall,
and her proud
strength
will collapse.
From Migdol
to Syene
they will fall
by the sword
within her,
declares
the Lord
GOD.
Then they will know
that
I
am the LORD
when I set
fire
to Egypt
and all
her helpers
are shattered.’
On that
day
messengers
will go out
from Me
in ships,
to frighten
Cush
out of complacency.
Anguish
will come upon them
on the day
of Egypt’s doom.
For
it is indeed
coming.
This is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘I will put an end
to the hordes
of Egypt
by the hand
of Nebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon.
He
and his people
with him,
the most ruthless
of the nations,
will be brought in
to destroy
the land.
They will draw
their swords
against
Egypt
and fill
the land
with the slain.
I will make
the streams
dry up
and sell
the land
to
the wicked.
By the hands
of foreigners
I will bring desolation
upon the land
and everything in it.’
I,
the LORD,
have spoken.
This is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘I will destroy
the idols
and put an end
to the images
in Memphis.
There will no
longer
be
a prince
in Egypt,
and I will instill
fear
in that land.
I will set
fire
to Egypt;
Pelusium
will writhe in anguish,
Thebes
will be
split open,
and Memphis
will face daily
distress.
The young men
of On
and Pi-beseth
will fall
by the sword,
and those cities
will go
into captivity.
The day
will be darkened
in Tehaphnehes
when I break
there
the yoke
of Egypt
and
her proud
strength
comes to an end.
A cloud
will cover her,
and her daughters
will go
into captivity.
In the eleventh
year,
in the first month,
on the seventh
day,
the word
of the LORD
came
to me,
saying,
“Son
of man,
I have broken
the arm
of Pharaoh
king
of Egypt.
See,
it has not
been bound
up for healing
or splinted
to give it strength
to handle
a sword.
Therefore
this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘Behold,
I am against
Pharaoh
king
of Egypt.
I will break
his arms,
both the strong one
and the one already broken,
and will make the sword
fall
from his hand.
I will strengthen
the arms
of Babylon’s
king
and place
My sword
in his hand,
but I will break
the arms
of Pharaoh,
and he will groan
before him
like
a mortally wounded man.
I will strengthen
the arms
of Babylon’s
king,
but Pharaoh’s
arms
will fall limp.
Then they will know
that
I
am the LORD,
when I place
My sword
in the hand
of Babylon’s
king,
and he wields
it against
the land
of Egypt.
When I disperse
the Egyptians
among the nations
and scatter
them
throughout the lands,
they will know
that
I
am the LORD.’”