Ezekiel 30

Berean Standard Bible

A Lament for Egypt

1Again the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 cameH1961 to meH413, sayingH559, 2“SonH1121 of manH120, prophesyH5012 and declareH559 that this is whatH3541 the LordH136 GODH3069 saysH559:

WailH3213, ‘AlasH1929for that dayH3117!’3ForH3588 the dayH3117 is nearH7138,the DayH3117 of the LORDH3068 is nearH7138.It will beH1961 a dayH3117 of cloudsH6051,a timeH6256 of doom for the nationsH1471.1

4A swordH2719 will comeH935 against EgyptH4714 H1961,and there will be anguishH2479 in CushH3568 2when the slainH2491 fallH5307 in EgyptH4714,its wealthH1995 is taken awayH3947,and its foundationsH3247 are torn downH2040.5CushH3568, PutH6316, and LudH3865,3and allH3605 the various peoplesH6154,as well as LibyaH3552 and the menH1121 of the covenantH1285 landH776,will fallH5307 withH854 Egypt by the swordH2719.

6For this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH559:

The alliesH5564 of EgyptH4714 will fallH5307,and her proudH1347 strengthH5797 will collapseH3381.From MigdolH4024 to SyeneH5482 4they will fallH5307 by the swordH2719 within her,declaresH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069.7They will be desolateH8074 amongH8432 desolateH8074 landsH776,and their citiesH5892 will lieH1961 amongH8432 ruinedH2717 citiesH5892.

8Then they will knowH3045 thatH3588 IH589 am the LORDH3068when I setH5414 fireH784 to EgyptH4714and allH3605 her helpersH5826 are shatteredH7665.

9On thatH1931 dayH3117 messengersH4397 will go outH3318 from MeH6440 in shipsH6716 to frightenH2729 CushH3568 out of complacencyH983. AnguishH2479 will comeH1961 upon them on the dayH3117 of Egypt’sH4714 doom.5 ForH3588 it is indeedH2009 comingH935.

10This is whatH3541 the LordH136 GODH3069 saysH559:

I will put an endH7673 to the hordesH1995 of EgyptH4714by the handH3027 of NebuchadnezzarH5019 kingH4428 of BabylonH894.11HeH1931 and his peopleH5971 with himH854,the most ruthlessH6184 of the nationsH1471,will be brought inH935 to destroyH7843 the landH776.They will drawH7324 their swordsH2719 againstH5921 EgyptH4714and fillH4390 the landH776 with the slainH2491.12I will makeH5414 the streamsH2975 dry upH2724and sellH4376 the landH776 toH3027 the wickedH7451.By the handsH3027 of foreignersH2114 I will bring desolationH8074upon the landH776 and everything in itH4393.IH589, the LORDH3068, have spokenH1696.

13This is whatH3541 the LordH136 GODH3069 saysH559:

I will destroyH6 the idolsH1544and put an endH7673 to the imagesH457 in MemphisH5297.6There will noH3808 longerH5750 beH1961 a princeH5387 in EgyptH776 H4714,and I will instillH5414 fearH3374 in that landH776 H4714.

14I will lay wasteH8074 PathrosH6624 ,setH5414 fireH784 to ZoanH6814,and executeH6213 judgmentH8201 on ThebesH4996.715I will pour outH8210 My wrathH2534 onH5921 PelusiumH5512,8the strongholdH4581 of EgyptH4714,and cut offH3772 the crowdsH1995 of ThebesH4996.16I will setH5414 fireH784 to EgyptH4714,PelusiumH5512 will writhe in anguishH2342,ThebesH4996 will beH1961 split openH1234,and MemphisH5297 will face dailyH3119 distressH6862.

17The young menH970 of OnH204 and Pi-besethH6364 9will fallH5307 by the swordH2719,and thoseH2007 cities will goH1980 into captivityH7628.18The dayH3117 will be darkenedH2820 in TahpanhesH8471when I breakH7665 the yokeH4133 of EgyptH4714and her proudH1347 strengthH5797 H1931 comes to an endH7673.A cloudH6051 will cover herH3680,and her daughtersH1323 will goH1980 into captivityH7628.

19So I will executeH6213 judgmentH8201 on EgyptH4714,and they will knowH3045 thatH3588 IH589 am the LORDH3068.”

In the eleventhH259 H6240 yearH8141, on the seventhH7651 dayH2320 of the first monthH7223, the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 cameH1961 to meH413, sayingH559, 21“SonH1121 of manH120 , I have brokenH7665 the armH2220 of PharaohH6547 kingH4428 of EgyptH4714. SeeH2009, it has notH3808 been bound upH2280 for healingH7499 , or splintedH7760 H2848 H2280 for strengthH2388 to holdH8610 the swordH2719.

22ThereforeH3651 this is whatH3541 the LordH136 GODH3069 saysH559: BeholdH2005, I am againstH413 PharaohH6547 kingH4428 of EgyptH4714. I will breakH7665 his armsH2220 , both the strong oneH2389 and the one already brokenH7665, and will make the swordH2719 fallH5307 from his handH3027. 23I will disperseH6327 the EgyptiansH4714 among the nationsH1471 and scatter themH2219 throughout the landsH776.

24I will strengthenH2388 the armsH2220 of Babylon’sH894 kingH4428 and placeH5414 My swordH2719 in his handH3027, but I will breakH7665 the armsH2220 of PharaohH6547, who will groanH5008 before himH6440 likeH5009 a mortally woundedH2491 man. 25I will strengthenH2388 the armsH2220 of Babylon’sH894 kingH4428, but Pharaoh’sH6547 armsH2220 will fall limpH5307.

Then they will knowH3045 thatH3588 IH589 am the LORDH3068, when I placeH5414 My swordH2719 in the handH3027 of Babylon’sH894 kingH4428, and he wieldsH5186 it againstH413 the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 26I will disperseH6327 the EgyptiansH4714 among the nationsH1471 and scatterH2219 themH853 throughout the landsH776. Then they will knowH3045 thatH3588 IH589 am the LORDH3068.”

1. Ezekiel 30:3 Hebrew does not include of doom. ↩
2. Ezekiel 30:4 That is, the upper Nile region; also in verses 5 and 9 ↩
3. Ezekiel 30:5 Or Lydia ↩
4. Ezekiel 30:6 That is, Aswan; see Isaiah 49:12 ↩
5. Ezekiel 30:9 Hebrew the day of Egypt ↩
6. Ezekiel 30:13 LXX; Hebrew Noph; also in verse 16 ↩
7. Ezekiel 30:14 Hebrew No; also in verses 15 and 16 ↩
8. Ezekiel 30:15 Hebrew Sin; also in verse 16 ↩
9. Ezekiel 30:17 That is, Heliopolis and Bubastis, as in LXX; Hebrew Aven and Pi-beseth ↩