Ezekiel 30:20-26

International Children’s Bible

Egypt Becomes Weak

²⁰ It happened in the eleventh year of our captivity, in the first month. It was on the seventh day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me. He said: ²¹ “Human being, I have broken the powerful arm of the king of Egypt. It has not been tied up so it will not get well. It has not been wrapped with a bandage. So his arm will not be strong enough to hold a sword in war. ²² So this is what the Lord God says: I am against the king of Egypt. I will break his arms. I will break both the strong arm and the broken arm. I will make the sword fall from his hand. ²³ I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations. And I will spread them among the countries. ²⁴ I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong. I will put my sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of the king of Egypt. Then he will cry out in pain as a wounded man cries out. ²⁵ So I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong. But the arms of the king of Egypt will fall. Then they will know that I am the Lord. I will put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon. And he will use the sword in war against Egypt. ²⁶ Then I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations. And I will spread them among the countries. And they will know that I am the Lord.”