17 (A)In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 18 (B)“Son of man, (C)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare, yet neither he nor his army got anything from Tyre to pay for the labor that he had performed against her. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: (D)Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; (E)and he shall carry off its wealth[a] (F)and despoil it and plunder it; and it shall be the wages for his army. 20 (G)I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he labored, because they worked for me, declares the Lord God.

21 “On that day (H)I will cause a horn to spring up for the house of Israel, and (I)I will open your lips among them. (J)Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

A Lament for Egypt

30 The word of the Lord came to me: (K)“Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

(L)“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
    (M)For the day is near,
    (N)the day of the Lord is near;
it will be (O)a day of clouds,
    a time of doom for[b] the nations.
(P)A sword shall come upon Egypt,
    (Q)and anguish shall be in (R)Cush,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
    and (S)her wealth[c] is carried away,
    and (T)her foundations are torn down.

(U)Cush, and (V)Put, and Lud, and (W)all Arabia, and Libya,[d] and the people of the land that is in league,[e] shall fall with them by the sword.

“Thus says the Lord:
(X)Those who support Egypt shall fall,
    and (Y)her proud might shall come down;
(Z)from Migdol to Syene
    they shall fall within her by the sword,
declares the Lord God.
(AA)And they shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries,
    and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
(AB)Then they will know that I am the Lord,
    when (AC)I have set fire to Egypt,
    and (AD)all her helpers are broken.

“On that day (AE)messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting (AF)people of Cush, and (AG)anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom;[f] for, behold, it comes!

10 “Thus says the Lord God:

(AH)“I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt,
    by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him, (AI)the most ruthless of nations,
    shall be brought in to destroy the land,
(AJ)and they shall draw their swords against Egypt
    and fill the land with the slain.
12 And (AK)I will (AL)dry up the Nile
    and will sell the land into the hand of (AM)evildoers;
(AN)I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,
    by the hand of (AO)foreigners;
(AP)I am the Lord; I have spoken.

13 “Thus says the Lord God:

(AQ)“I will destroy the idols
    and put an end to the images in (AR)Memphis;
(AS)there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
    so (AT)I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14 I will make (AU)Pathros a desolation
    and will set fire to (AV)Zoan
    (AW)and will execute judgments on (AX)Thebes.
15 And I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,
    the stronghold of Egypt,
    and cut off the multitude[g] of Thebes.
16 And I will set fire to Egypt;
    Pelusium shall be in great agony;
Thebes shall be breached,
    and (AY)Memphis shall face enemies[h] by day.
17 The young men of On and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword,
    and the women[i] shall go into captivity.
18 At (AZ)Tehaphnehes (BA)the day shall be dark,
    when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and (BB)her proud might shall come to an end in her;
    she shall be covered by a cloud,
    and her daughters shall go into captivity.
19 Thus (BC)I will execute judgments on Egypt.
    (BD)Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:19 Or multitude
  2. Ezekiel 30:3 Hebrew lacks doom for
  3. Ezekiel 30:4 Or multitude; also verse 10
  4. Ezekiel 30:5 With Septuagint; Hebrew Cub
  5. Ezekiel 30:5 Hebrew and the sons of the land of the covenant
  6. Ezekiel 30:9 Hebrew the day of Egypt
  7. Ezekiel 30:15 Or wealth
  8. Ezekiel 30:16 Or distress
  9. Ezekiel 30:17 Or the cities; Hebrew they

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