Chapter 30

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,²

Son of man, prophesy¹⁰ and say,¹ Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Howl⁵⁴ ye, Woe worth the day!

For the day [is] near, even the day of the LORD [is] near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

And the sword shall come¹ upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall² in Egypt, and they shall take away¹ her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.⁸

Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall⁴ with them by the sword.

Thus saith¹ the LORD; They also that uphold⁶ Egypt shall fall;¹ and the pride of her power shall come down:¹ from the tower of Syene shall they fall⁴ in it by the sword, saith⁷ the Lord GOD.

And they shall be desolate⁸ in the midst of the countries [that are] desolate,¹² and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities [that are] wasted.¹²

And they shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD, when I have set² a fire in Egypt, and [when] all her helpers⁶ shall be destroyed.⁸

In that day shall messengers go forth⁴ from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid,⁵³ and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.⁶

Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease⁵² by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought⁹⁴ to destroy¹⁵ the land: and they shall draw⁵² their swords against Egypt, and fill¹ the land with the slain.

And I will make¹ the rivers dry, and sell¹ the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste,⁵² and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers:⁵ I the LORD have spoken¹⁴ [it].

Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; I will also destroy⁵² the idols, and I will cause [their] images to cease⁵² out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put¹ a fear in the land of Egypt.

And I will make Pathros desolate,⁵² and will set¹ fire in Zoan, and will execute¹ judgments in No.

And I will pour¹ my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off⁵² the multitude of No.

And I will set¹ fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great² pain,⁴ and No shall be rent asunder,⁹ and Noph [shall have] distresses daily.

The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall⁴ by the sword: and these [cities] shall go⁴ into captivity.

At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened,^{1 2820 1} when I shall break² there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease⁸ in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover¹⁷ her, and her daughters shall go⁴ into captivity.

Thus will I execute¹ judgments in Egypt: and they shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD.

And it came to pass in the eleventh ⁶²⁴⁰ year, in the first [month], in the seventh [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,²

Son of man, I have broken¹ the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up²⁷ to be² healed, to put² a roller to bind² it, to make it strong² to hold² the sword.

Therefore thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break¹ his arms, the strong, and that which was broken;¹² and I will cause the sword to fall⁵² out of his hand.

And I will scatter⁵² the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse¹⁴ them through the countries.

And I will strengthen¹⁴ the arms of the king of Babylon, and put¹ my sword in his hand: but I will break¹ Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan¹ before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded [man].

But I will strengthen⁵² the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down;⁴ and they shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD, when I shall put² my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out¹ upon the land of Egypt.

And I will scatter⁵² the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse¹⁴ them among the countries; and they shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD.