Ezekiel 30:13-19
New English Translation
13 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
I will destroy the idols,
and put an end to the gods of Memphis.
There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
so I will make the land of Egypt fearful.[a]
14 I will desolate Pathros,
I will ignite a fire in Zoan,
and I will execute judgments on Thebes.
15 I will pour out my anger upon Pelusium,[b]
the stronghold of Egypt;
I will cut off[c] the hordes of Thebes.
16 I will ignite a fire in Egypt;
Syene[d] will writhe in agony,
Thebes will be broken down,
and Memphis will face enemies every day.
17 The young men of On and of Pi Beseth[e] will die by the sword;
and the cities will go[f] into captivity.
18 In Tahpanhes the day will be dark[g]
when I break the yoke of Egypt there.
Her confident pride will cease within her;
a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
19 I will execute judgments on Egypt.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 30:13 tn Heb “I will put fear in the land of Egypt.”
- Ezekiel 30:15 tn Heb “Sin” (so KJV, NASB), a city commonly identified with Pelusium, a fortress on Egypt’s northeastern frontier.
- Ezekiel 30:15 tn Or “kill.”
- Ezekiel 30:16 tc The LXX reads “Syene,” which is Aswan in the south. The MT reads Sin, which has already been mentioned in v. 15.
- Ezekiel 30:17 sn On and Pi Beseth are generally identified with the Egyptian cities of Heliopolis and Bubastis.
- Ezekiel 30:17 tn Heb “they will go.” The pronoun and verb are feminine plural, indicating that the cities just mentioned are the antecedent of the pronoun and the subject of the verb. The translation makes this clear by stating the subject as “the cities.”
- Ezekiel 30:18 sn In Zeph 1:15 darkness is associated with the day of the Lord.
Ezekiel 30:13-19
English Standard Version
13 “Thus says the Lord God:
(A)“I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in (B)Memphis;
(C)there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
so (D)I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14 I will make (E)Pathros a desolation
and will set fire to (F)Zoan
(G)and will execute judgments on (H)Thebes.
15 And I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,
the stronghold of Egypt,
and cut off the multitude[a] of Thebes.
16 And I will set fire to Egypt;
Pelusium shall be in great agony;
Thebes shall be breached,
and (I)Memphis shall face enemies[b] by day.
17 The young men of On and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword,
and the women[c] shall go into captivity.
18 At (J)Tehaphnehes (K)the day shall be dark,
when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and (L)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 (M)I will execute judgments on Egypt.
(N)Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 30:15 Or wealth
- Ezekiel 30:16 Or distress
- Ezekiel 30:17 Or the cities; Hebrew they
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