30
Lament over Egypt
1 The word of the Loʀᴅ came again to me saying,
2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord
1Goᴅ,
“
AWail, ‘Alas for the day!’
3 “For the day is near,
Even
Athe day of the Loʀᴅ is near;
It will be a day of
Bclouds,
A time of doom for the nations.
4 “A sword will come upon Egypt,
And anguish will be in
1Ethiopia;
When the slain fall in Egypt,
They
Atake away her
2wealth,
And her foundations are torn down.
5 “
1Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all
2AArabia,
3Libya and the
4people of the land
5that is in league will fall with them by the sword.”
6 ‘Thus says the Loʀᴅ,
“Indeed, those who support
AEgypt will fall
And the pride of her power will come down;
From Migdol to Syene
They will fall within her by the sword,”
Declares the Lord Goᴅ.
7 “They will be desolate
In the
Amidst of the desolated lands;
And her cities will be
In the midst of the devastated cities.
8 “And they will
Aknow that I am the Loʀᴅ,
When I set a
Bfire in Egypt
And all her helpers are broken.
9 “On that day
Amessengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten
Bsecure
1Ethiopia; and
Canguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it comes!”
10 ‘Thus says the Lord Goᴅ,
“
AI will also make the
1hordes of Egypt cease
By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 “He and his people with him,
AThe most ruthless of the nations,
Will be brought in to destroy the land;
And they will draw their swords against Egypt
And fill the land with the slain.
12 “Moreover, I will make the
ANile canals dry
And
Bsell the land into the hands of evil men.
And I will make the land desolate
By the hand of strangers; I the Loʀᴅ have spoken.”
13 ‘Thus says the Lord Goᴅ,
“I will also
Adestroy the idols
And make the
1images cease from
2BMemphis.
And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt;
And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14 “I will make
APathros desolate,
And execute judgments on
1CThebes.
15 “I will pour out My wrath on
1Sin,
The stronghold of Egypt;
I will also cut off the hordes of
2Thebes.
16 “I will set a fire in Egypt;
1Sin will writhe in anguish,
And
3Memphis
will have 4distresses daily.
17 “The young men of
1AOn and of Pi-beseth
Will fall by the sword,
And
2the women will go into captivity.
18 “In
ATehaphnehes the day will
1be
Bdark
When I
Cbreak there the yoke bars of Egypt.
Then the pride of her power will cease in her;
A cloud will cover her,
And her daughters will go into captivity.
19 “Thus I will
Aexecute judgments on Egypt,
And they will know that I am the Loʀᴅ.” ’ ”
Victory for Babylon
20 In the
Aeleventh year, in the first
month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the Loʀᴅ came to me saying,
21 “Son of man, I have
Abroken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been
Bbound up
1for healing
2or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to hold the sword.
22 “Therefore thus says the Lord Goᴅ, ‘Behold, I am
Aagainst Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the
Bbroken; and I will make the sword
Cfall from his hand.
23 ‘I will
Ascatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.
24 ‘For I will
Astrengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put
BMy 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.
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 the Loʀᴅ, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he
Astretches it out against the land of Egypt.
26 ‘When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the Loʀᴅ.’ ”