Ezekiel 30

The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,

Son of man, prophesy , and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Wail ye, Alas for the day!

For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations .

And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt ; and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

Ethiopia, and Put , and Lud , and all the mingled people, and Cub , and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

Thus saith Jehovah: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Seveneh shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah .

And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate ; and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

And they shall know at I am Jehovah , when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.

In that day shall messengers go forth from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid ; and there shall be anguish upon them, as in the day of Egypt ; for, lo, it cometh.

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease , by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land ; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

And I will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men; and I will make the land desolate , and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I , Jehovah, have spoken it.

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis ; and there shall be no more a prince from the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments upon No.

And I will pour my wrath upon Sin, the stronghold of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.

And I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish , and No shall be broken up; and Memphis ` shall have ' adversaries in the day-time .

The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword ; and these ` cities ' shall go into captivity.

At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself , when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt , and the pride of her power shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

Thus will I execute judgments upon Egypt ; and they shall know that I am Jehovah .

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first ` month ' , in the seventh ` day ' of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up , to apply `healing' medicines , to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword.

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong `arm' , and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break the arms of Pharaoh , and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon ; and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am Jehovah , when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am Jehovah .