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Ezekiel 30 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Eze 30:1The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,
Eze 30:2Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Wail ye, Alas for the day!
Eze 30:3For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
Eze 30:4And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
Eze 30:5Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
Eze 30:6Thus saith Jehovah: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Seveneh shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Eze 30:7And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
Eze 30:8And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.
Eze 30:9In that day shall messengers go forth from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid; and there shall be anguish upon them, as in the day of Egypt; for, lo, it cometh.
Eze 30:10Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
Eze 30:11He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
Eze 30:12And I will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men; and I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
Eze 30:13Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis; and there shall be no more a prince from the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
Eze 30:14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments upon No.
Eze 30:15And I will pour my wrath upon Sin, the stronghold of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
Eze 30:16And I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis shall have adversaries in the day-time.
Eze 30:17The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and these cities shall go into captivity.
Eze 30:18At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
Eze 30:19Thus will I execute judgments upon Egypt; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

Victory for Babylon

Eze 30:20And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Eze 30:21Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up, to apply healing medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword.
Eze 30:22Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong arm, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
Eze 30:23And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Eze 30:24And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
Eze 30:25And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
Eze 30:26And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
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