Ezekiel 30

1 The LORD’s word came again to me, saying,

And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’

“Son of man, prophesy, and you have said, Thus said Lord YHWH: Howl, Aah! For the day!

3 For the day is near, even the LORD’s day is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.

For a day [is] near, a day [is] near to YHWH! It is a time of cloud [over] the nations.

4 A sword will come on Egypt, and anguish will be in Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt. They take away her multitude, and her foundations are broken down.

And a sword has come into Egypt, And there has been great pain in Cush, In the falling of the wounded in Egypt, And they have taken its store, And its foundations have been broken down.

5 “‘“Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the mixed people, Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, will fall with them by the sword.”

Cush, and Phut, and Lud, and all the mixture, and Chub, And the sons of the land of the covenant fall by sword with them,

6 “‘The LORD says: “They also who uphold Egypt will fall. The pride of her power will come down. They will fall by the sword in it from the tower of Seveneh,” says the Lord GOD.

Thus said YHWH: And those supporting Egypt have fallen, And the arrogance of her strength has come down, From Migdol to Syene, they fall by sword in her, A declaration of Lord YHWH.

7 “They will be desolate in the middle of the countries that are desolate. Her cities will be amongst the cities that are wasted.

And they have been desolated in the midst of desolate lands, And its cities are in the midst of cities [that are] laid waste.

8 They will know that I am the LORD when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.

And they have known that I [am] YHWH, In My giving fire against Egypt, And all her helpers have been broken.

9 “‘“In that day messengers will go out from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid. There will be anguish on them, as in the day of Egypt; for, behold, it comes.”

In that day messengers go forth from before Me in ships, To trouble confident Cush, And there has been great pain among them, As the day of Egypt, for behold, it has come.

10 “‘The Lord GOD says: “I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Thus said Lord YHWH: I have caused the multitude of Egypt to cease, By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,

11 He and his people with him, the terrible 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.

He and his people with him—the terrible of nations, Are brought in to destroy the land, And they have drawn their swords against Egypt, And have filled the land [with] the wounded.

12 I will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men. I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of foreigners. I, the LORD, have spoken it.”

And I have made floods a dry place, And I have sold the land into the hand of evildoers, And I have made the land desolate, And its fullness, by the hand of strangers, I, YHWH, have spoken.

13 “‘The Lord GOD says: “I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis. There will be no more a prince from the land of Egypt. I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

Thus said Lord YHWH: And I have destroyed idols, And caused vain things to cease from Noph, And there is no longer a prince of the land of Egypt, And I give fear in the land of Egypt.

14 I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgements on No.

And I have made Pathros desolate, And I have given fire against Zoan, And I have done judgments in No,

15 I will pour my wrath on Sin, the stronghold of Egypt. I will cut off the multitude of No.

And I have poured out My fury on Sin, the stronghold of Egypt, And I have cut off the multitude of No.

16 I will set a fire in Egypt Sin will be in great anguish. No will be broken up. Memphis will have adversaries in the daytime.

And I have given fire against Egypt, Sin is greatly pained, and No is to be broken, And Noph has daily distresses.

17 The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth will fall by the sword. They will go into captivity.

The youths of Aven and Pi-Beseth fall by sword, And these go into captivity.

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

And the day has been dark in Tehaphnehes, In My breaking the yokes of Egypt there, And the excellence of her strength has ceased in her, Her! A cloud covers her, And her daughters go into captivity.

19 Thus I will execute judgements on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”’”

And I have done judgments in Egypt, And they have known that I [am] YHWH.”

20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

And it comes to pass, in the eleventh year, in the first [month], on the seventh of the month, a word of YHWH has been to me, saying, “Son of man,

21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Behold, it has not been bound up, to apply medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it may become strong to hold the sword.

I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, And behold, it has not been bound up to give healing, To put a bandage to bind it, To strengthen it—to lay hold on the sword.

22 Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong arm, and that which was broken. I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I [am] against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, And I have broken his arms, The strong one and the broken one, And have caused the sword to fall out of his hand,

23 I will scatter the Egyptians amongst the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

And I have scattered the Egyptians among nations, And have spread them through lands,

24 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 will groan before the king of Babylon with the groaning of a mortally wounded man.

And I have strengthened the arms of the king of Babylon, And have given My sword into his hand, And I have broken the arms of Pharaoh, And he has groaned the groans of a pierced one—before him.

25 I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall down. Then they will know that I am the LORD when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he stretches it out on the land of Egypt.

And I have strengthened the arms of the king of Babylon, And the arms of Pharaoh fall down, And they have known that I [am] YHWH, In My giving My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, And he has stretched it out toward the land of Egypt.

26 I will scatter the Egyptians amongst the nations and disperse them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

And I have scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have spread them through lands, And they have known that I [am] YHWH!”