Ezekiel 30:1-8

English Standard Version

A Lament for Egypt

30 The word of the Lord came to me: ²^(A)“Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

^(B)“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
³    ^(C)For the day is near,
    ^(D)the day of the Lord is near;
it will be ^(E)a day of clouds,
    a time of doom for^[a] the nations.
⁴^(F)A sword shall come upon Egypt,
    ^(G)and anguish shall be in ^(H)Cush,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
    and ^(I)her wealth^[b] is carried away,
    and ^(J)her foundations are torn down.

⁵^(K)Cush, and ^(L)Put, and Lud, and ^(M)all Arabia, and Libya,^[c] and the people of the land that is in league,^[d] shall fall with them by the sword.

⁶“Thus says the Lord:
^(N)Those who support Egypt shall fall,
    and ^(O)her proud might shall come down;
^(P)from Migdol to Syene
    they shall fall within her by the sword,
declares the Lord God.
⁷^(Q)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.
⁸^(R)Then they will know that I am the Lord,
    when ^(S)I have set fire to Egypt,
    and ^(T)all her helpers are broken.