Ezekiel 30:10-12
Christian Standard Bible
10 “‘This is what the Lord God says:
I will put an end to the hordes[a] of Egypt
by the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
11 He along with his people,
ruthless men from the nations,
will be brought in to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.(A)
12 I will make the streams dry
and sell the land to evil men.(B)
I will bring desolation
on the land and everything in it
by the hands of foreigners.
I, the Lord, have spoken.
Footnotes
- 30:10 Or pomp, or wealth, also in v. 15
Ezekiel 30:10-12
New English Translation
10 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt,
by the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar[a] of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him,
the most terrifying of the nations,[b]
will be brought there to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt,
and fill the land with corpses.
12 I will dry up the waterways
and hand the land over to[c] evil men.
I will make the land and everything in it desolate by the hand of foreigners.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 30:10 tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more exact spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-uṣur has an “r” rather than an “n.”
- Ezekiel 30:11 tn The Babylonians were known for their cruelty (2 Kgs 25:7).
- Ezekiel 30:12 tn Heb “and I will sell the land into the hand of.”
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