Ezekiel 30

¹ The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,

² 'Son of man, prophesy and say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Howl: Disaster day!

³ For the day is near, the day of Yahweh is near; it wil be a day dark with cloud, a time of doom for thenations.

⁴ "The sword wil come on Egypt, and anguish on the country of Cush when the slaughtered fal inEgypt, when her riches are carried away and her foundations are destroyed.

⁵ Cush, Put and Lud, all Arabia, Cub and the children of the country of the covenant will fal by thesword with them.

⁶ "Yahweh says this: "The supports of Egypt wil fall; the pride of her strength wil crumble; they will fal by the sword from Migdol to Syene -- declares the Lord Yahweh.

⁷ "They will be the most desolate of desolate countries, and its cities the most ruined of cities.

⁸ And they wil know that I am Yahweh when I set fire to Egypt and al its supports are shattered.

⁹ "That day, I shal send messengers by ship to terrify the carefree Cushites, and anguish wil overtakethem on the day of Egypt -- it is coming now!

¹⁰ The Lord Yahweh says this: I shal destroy the huge population of Egypt at the hand ofNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

¹¹ He and his people, the most barbarous of nations, wil be brought to ravage the country. They wildraw the sword against Egypt and fil the country with corpses.

¹² I shal dry up the courses of the Nile and sel the country to the wicked. I shal lay the whole countrywaste and everything in it, at the hand of foreigners. I, Yahweh, have spoken.

¹³ "The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall destroy the foul idols and take the false gods away from Noph.Egypt wil be left without a ruler. I shall spread fear through Egypt.

¹⁴ I shal lay Pathros waste, set Zoan on fire, inflict my punishments on No.

¹⁵ I shal vent my fury on Sin, the bastion of Egypt; I shall wipe out the throngs of No.

¹⁶ I shal set fire to Egypt; Sin will be seized with convulsions; a breach wil be opened at No and thewaters flood out.

¹⁷ The young men of On and Pi-Beseth wil fal by the sword and the cities themselves go into captivity.

¹⁸ At Tahpanhes day will turn to darkness when I shatter the sceptres of Egypt there, when the pride ofher strength ceases. A cloud will cover Egypt itself, and its daughters will go into captivity.

¹⁹ Such wil be the punishments I inflict on Egypt. And they wil know that I am Yahweh." '

²⁰ In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to meas fol ows,

²¹ 'Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; you can see that no one has dressedhis wound by applying remedies to it, by bandaging it and by dressing it, to make it strong enough to wield thesword.

²² This being so, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Look, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt; I shal breakhis arms, the sound one and the broken one, and make the sword drop from his hand.

²³ I shal scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse it among the countries.

²⁴ I shal strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand. I shal breakPharaoh's arms and, confronted with his enemy, he wil groan like a dying man.

²⁵ I shal strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh wil fall. And they wilknow that I am Yahweh, when I put my sword into the hands of the king of Babylon and he wields it againstEgypt.

²⁶ I shal scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse it among the countries; and they wil know that Iam Yahweh." '