18 Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes(A)
    when I break the yoke of Egypt;(B)
    there her proud strength will come to an end.
She will be covered with clouds,
    and her villages will go into captivity.(C)

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For the day is near,(A)
    the day of the Lord(B) is near—
a day of clouds,
    a time of doom for the nations.

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15 It will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the other nations.(A) I will make it so weak that it will never again rule over the nations.

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16 Also, the men of Memphis(A) and Tahpanhes(B)
    have cracked your skull.

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27 In that day(A) their burden(B) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke(C) from your neck;(D)
the yoke(E) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:27 Hebrew; Septuagint broken / from your shoulders

29 “Immediately after the distress of those days

“‘the sun will be darkened,
    and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
    and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:29 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4

15 The sun and moon will be darkened,
    and the stars no longer shine.(A)

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18 “Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign(A) to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit.(B) 19 Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’(C) 20 They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged(D) off with all her hordes.(E) 21 From within the realm of the dead(F) the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, ‘They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised,(G) with those killed by the sword.’

22 “Assyria is there with her whole army; she is surrounded by the graves of all her slain, all who have fallen by the sword. 23 Their graves are in the depths of the pit(H) and her army lies around her grave.(I) All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword.

24 “Elam(J) is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.(K) All who had spread terror in the land of the living(L) went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.(M) 25 A bed is made for her among the slain, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised,(N) killed by the sword. Because their terror had spread in the land of the living, they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are laid among the slain.

26 “Meshek and Tubal(O) are there, with all their hordes around their graves. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword because they spread their terror in the land of the living. 27 But they do not lie with the fallen warriors of old,[a](P) who went down to the realm of the dead with their weapons of war—their swords placed under their heads and their shields[b] resting on their bones—though these warriors also had terrorized the land of the living.

28 “You too, Pharaoh, will be broken and will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.

29 “Edom(Q) is there, her kings and all her princes; despite their power, they are laid with those killed by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.(R)

30 “All the princes of the north(S) and all the Sidonians(T) are there; they went down with the slain in disgrace despite the terror caused by their power. They lie uncircumcised(U) with those killed by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.(V)

31 “Pharaoh—he and all his army—will see them and he will be consoled(W) for all his hordes that were killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign Lord. 32 Although I had him spread terror in the land of the living, Pharaoh(X) and all his hordes will be laid among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign Lord.”(Y)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 32:27 Septuagint; Hebrew warriors who were uncircumcised
  2. Ezekiel 32:27 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text punishment

18 “‘Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendor and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised,(A) with those killed by the sword.

“‘This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

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20 “Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
    but a gadfly is coming
    against her from the north.(A)
21 The mercenaries(B) in her ranks
    are like fattened calves.(C)
They too will turn and flee(D) together,
    they will not stand their ground,
for the day(E) of disaster is coming upon them,
    the time(F) for them to be punished.
22 Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent
    as the enemy advances in force;
they will come against her with axes,
    like men who cut down trees.(G)
23 They will chop down her forest,”
declares the Lord,
    “dense though it be.
They are more numerous than locusts,(H)
    they cannot be counted.
24 Daughter Egypt will be put to shame,
    given into the hands of the people of the north.(I)

25 The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes,(J) on Pharaoh,(K) on Egypt and her gods(L) and her kings, and on those who rely(M) on Pharaoh. 26 I will give them into the hands(N) of those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar king(O) of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited(P) as in times past,” declares the Lord.

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14 “Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;
    proclaim it also in Memphis(A) and Tahpanhes:(B)
‘Take your positions and get ready,
    for the sword devours(C) those around you.’

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So they entered Egypt(A) in disobedience to the Lord and went as far as Tahpanhes.(B)

In Tahpanhes(C) the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: “While the Jews are watching, take some large stones(D) with you and bury them in clay in the brick(E) pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace(F) in Tahpanhes.

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A Prophecy Against Egypt

19 A prophecy(A) against Egypt:(B)

See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud(C)
    and is coming to Egypt.
The idols of Egypt tremble before him,
    and the hearts of the Egyptians melt(D) with fear.

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25 I will crush the Assyrian(A) in my land;
    on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke(B) will be taken from my people,
    and his burden removed from their shoulders.(C)

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11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,(A)
    along with the noise of your harps;(B)
maggots are spread out beneath you
    and worms(C) cover you.(D)

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10 The stars of heaven and their constellations
    will not show their light.(A)
The rising sun(B) will be darkened(C)
    and the moon will not give its light.(D)

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19 By the wrath(A) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched(B)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(C)
    they will not spare one another.(D)

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For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,(A)
    you have shattered(B)
the yoke(C) that burdens them,
    the bar across their shoulders,(D)
    the rod of their oppressor.(E)

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30 In that day(A) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.(B)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness(C) and distress;(D)
    even the sun will be darkened(E) by clouds.

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13 I am the Lord your God,(A) who brought you out of Egypt(B) so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke(C) and enabled you to walk with heads held high.

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15 They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured(A) all that was left after the hail—everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

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